SingleZero was written and recorded as a concept album to express how different world cultures (new, old and ancient) and life experiences have touched my life and left their indelible impressions in the fabric of my soul. With the use of conventional instruments, digital samplers, and all sorts of old and new technologies, I've attempted to fuse many different cultures, sounds, instruments, rhythms, emotions and "soundscapes" into the eight songs on SingleZero. It covers the full audio spectrum too, so if you've got a subwoofer, you'll be able to experience the depth as well as the width of this CD. I've tried to visually convey the feeling and spirit of this music through the CD artwork. The graphic on the outside of the SingleZero CD symbolizes a single eye, or window, looking out on the world. The graphic on the booklet center and back is an image taken during a trip to Japan two autumns ago. I was in a small coastal town near Lake Hamana, just outside Hamamatsu. Their local autumn festival was in full swing, and I was lucky enough to capture this image of the children dressed in their ceremonial costumes, marching while playing their flutes, horns and drums in front of a "waterfall" of fireworks. It was quite spectacular, and ethereal at the same time. The graphic on the outside of the CD tray is an image that I took during a trip to the southwest, at Chaco Canyon, one of the largest and most sophisticated Anasazi ruins in North America. It's quite eerie to stand among the ruins during the middle of the day, let alone during the twilight hours and the pitch blackness of the evening. I hope this music moves you in the same way. http://cdbaby.com/singlezero