I had a dream/nightmare about it and it seemed logical to me and it so often seems to fit in with the style and themes of my writing style, so it all made sense. I will detail the dream in a new song on the new CD.

I used to play live all over the place, sometimes several shows on the same date at more than one venue. I recently had an accident and have been in a wheelchair, so all I have been doing here recently is recording, producing, promotions and so on. I have been all over the USA, as well as overseas in Europe, etc. I have loved and still love every part of it. I always focused more on the music, show, performance type aspects more than the social or other aspects, which if left unchecked, could be distractions but with a little more focus and discipline it all balances out. One special moment was when I first started performing quite some time back, still new, young, inexperienced, etc. but I remember being the opening act and basically blew away this headline act and the audience demanded that I and this very scattered ensemble of a band come back on and perform encores until I just ran out of material and started playing repeated songs for the rest of the night. I was hooked on live performance ever since then. What a great self esteem boost that was. I won't mention the band, because I really like them and still look up to them so that would not be cool at all. I still don't know what happened to make that night turn out that way, but it did.

Accessibility, certainly. Exposure. It can be a great gateway to bigger things. More opportunity. Less expensive promotional aspects if you know how to do it properly, which I am still working on and always looking for and ideas from others in the know, etc. Mp3 means portability as well. There's a great likeliness that the positive and negative aspects could be discussed back and forth forever, sort of like religion or politics. Just because it may be that it is more beneficial to one person or group is not necessarily a guarantee that it will benefit another. In some cases it may actually hold them back. It's that same old saying that one person's junk is another one's treasure.

If the situation is right for all parties concerned, then absolutely, I would. I think most would. If everything seems to be mutually beneficial to do so, then why would anyone say no? There are several solo artists that have major labels behind them, so you never know. I have 3 different Independent small privately operated businesses that I am directly involved in. I also have a few outside interested parties that help back me with my media and so on.

It all sort of just took on a life of its own and was already taking form even while I was still working with other artists and still quite active in the game. It was meant to be a solo project, which started sometime around the winter of 1999 as a means to independently create, compose, record, produce, release and promote my own style and personality after several years of creative and artistic differences that always led to my own frustration and disgust. I may not be as well known as I used to be, but that is because of my accident putting me in the wheelchair and out of the spotlight temporarily. I am of course, a solo artist, which means in my case, that I write everything and basically handle everything from the original thought to the finished product, all instruments, vocals, etc. and so on. On my first CD, I collaborated with one other person, S.E. Spelts, who was a guest who filled in on some additional vocal tracks. I am open to collaborations as well. I am open to collaborate with others on their work also. The new CD release may or may not have any collaboration at all or it may have several credits to mention. Time will tell.

Symphony X, Evergrey, Dream Theater, Power Symphony, Nightwish, Metal Church, Iron Maiden, Accept, King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, Beethoven, Sepultura, Slayer, Annihilator, Anthrax, so many more. I love and enjoy listening to almost every genre of music and can appreciate every style, very open minded, but honestly, I tend to lean more often than not toward progressive metal quite a bit more than any other genre. Symphony X is currently my favorite band.

I really enjoy Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. I am originally from up north, Fairport Harbor/Cleveland, Ohio. On the shores of Lake Erie was my backyard. Many places in the USA because I have been all over this country. I really enjoyed Europe and their excitement for American artists, so I feel myself torn.

Without going into specifics right now, I'll just use some brands, because, like I said, I do all of the vocals as well as the instruments. Some are Fender, Peavey, Zoom, Alesis, and others which I will detail and credit on my new CD.

I welcome any additional help or advice, information, etc. from anyone who is able to provide it and I will do my best to do the same in return. Be sure to watch for the new Alicia's Ghost CD to be released on July 7th, 2007.