Just something I thought up a long time ago. It is actually just me, but I think it is cool to have a "Band" name.

In my living room mostly for family and friends. I consider myself a recording artist more so than a live artist. Someday, maybe.

I love it that an artists no longer needs to crawl and beg to get their music heard. This is a freeing experience, and more artist should take advantage. If you are going to starve for your music anyway, at least make it publically available for all to hear!

I would if they allowed me the freedom to just be myself and do what I am already doing. It would allow more people to hear my music, but, as soon as there are a lot of suits, lawyers and accountants involved, the whole artist thing kind of takes a back seat (except that they get rich off of them) ...

I started The Inside in 1991 with a good friend of mine, Mark Collier. We recorded on a four track and layed down an albums worth of music which we titled "Oddinarily". This was before I had a computer, so I just passed out tapes to whoever would listen. The sound was very "They Might Be Giants" at that time.

Mark then went into the Army, so I was on my own until I met another friend named Matt Leiker. We began recording also on a four track, but changed our name to "The Cat's Meow". We actually recorded about seven songs completely and layed down a ton of demos.

That lasted for maybe a year until we parted ways, and I began thinking about another The Inside album. I recorded this on a four track and called it "Anola Parkview". I gave this out to some friends, but I don't feel it is my best work.

About six months later I began recording a CD called "Growing Up!". This time on my new 8-track. I believe that this was some of my best writing to date and got good reviews from those that heard it. This was completed in 1995 --- Then came the bombshell ...

I got married to a wonderful person named Nancy, and my music took a bit of a backseat (you know how it goes). Almost seven years later, I am finally back to recording and making a CD which is tentatively titled "Sentimental Musings". Stay tuned ...

The Beatles, Jellyfish, World Party, ELO, The Beach Boys, XTC ... there are so many, I don't think I could list them all ...

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