Ghost (2007):

Ghost was released in March, 2007 on Morr Music. I started writing for the record long before that, though. I'd been collecting songs for the record since early 2004, all under the concept of making a record about houses. rBut because I'd been writing for the album over that long a period, I wound up with way too many songs, even after discarding the ones I was less excited about. So I divided those up into two categories, based on their sound. Category one was "Ghost." Category two will be my next solo record, but I'll wait until I'm closer to completion before I talk too much about that one.

So "Ghost" is a concept record. I know that's a dirty word to a lot of people, but I like concept records. It was written with the idea of houses having memories, and people leaving ghosts behind whenever they move from one place to the next. An idea that whatever we do in our homes is collected in the walls and might come out and haunt whoever moves in next. So the songs are all short stories, tied together with a theme.

The record took about 10 months of working reguarly to track, the majority of it done in the trusty old toolshed behind my house, and a good month after that to mix. I had a specific sound in mind with this album, and it took a lot of shaping to get it there. And some songs used upwards of a hundred tracks, so getting them to stick together was sometimes an issue. But Emeral Cooper (my younger brother and collaborator in Iron Orchestra), Mark Hubbard (whom I've known since the second grade, and is the drummer for Julius Airwave), and Alex Kane (that weird looking guy in Electric President) helped me out on a couple tracks. Emeral with piano on "Welcome Home", Mark with some drums on the same song, and Alex with bass on "The Strangest Things" and "Glory". Thanks again, you three.

Anywho, if you'd like to hear a couple tracks from the record, click on the little flash players below, or visit my myspace page (gross, I know).