Jul 23 2009
Logos – An Intimate Album
Logos Updates, Personal Abstracts 
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With my final release of Logos, my mind has started remembering what this album was all about. It rests on the deep depression I was in throughout the early part of 2009. I remember popping out the basic structure of most of the songs in just under 2 days. They came smooth and steady from a wellspring of dark depravity and seemed to be therapeutic, while each flourished as very “intimate” and well written songs (IMHO). Logos is a perfect example of my personal therapy. 
The album connects deeply, albeit in a different compositional style using different arrangements, with The Darkness. Both albums tell a story – more like different pieces of one story, or two sides of the same coin. In all honesty Black carries on this tradition, but in a decidedly more focused way. I will start working on the behind the music articles once again now that I have time.
If being a musician could be analogized to authoring, my “book” would be in a categorically similar sequence. I took this idea, or mode of thought – if you will, to new heights when choosing the lineup for the upcoming albums. The Darkness has been “written” since early 2007 and Logos started forming relatively around early 2008/late 2007-ish. From the many compositions that I originally planned to be on the albums, I have cut and re-thought the track lists to fit this ever-evolving book of tales. I am quite happy to see that Logos embodied some of the same concepts that The Darkness pushed so well even with its very sparse acoustic arrangements. I am not saying that the album is perfect in every detail, but I have grown to be quite attached with the honesty in my music from that period. Therefore, Logos will remain a very intimate album that lies close to my own heart. With all that in mind, your feedback and opinions on this release would be greatly appreciated.
As a writer, performer, and producer I often get wired up in the production of each of my albums. Every beat, key, and sample is written and placed note for note by only myself. Some of these projects have spanned massive amounts of time (years). While their release dates got pushed further and further back, I started to regret throwing out such confining information near the end of their production. Even with all the many obstacles I have encountered with the technology, my one payoff in the end is the hope that a listener will write me an email and provide me with their honest response to my work. These songs mean the world to me, but my judgement is biased. In the end this site, these albums, and my business are about self expression and utilizing my creative perception to fulfill dreams. Music is a beautiful art, even if it slowly fades from our schools. I will continue to do as I have done and hope that my own artistic opinions take you somewhere close to where I was when I wrote it.
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