A teaser from my forthcoming album, Chrome, which releases on 8/25/09. But if you’ve been following this blog, then you already knew that. Pre-order yours now here.

This is a song titled I Will Go With You. I wrote it for my two boys, Ellis and Monroe, but it is, like all the songs I write, intended for a broader audience since, as author Frederick Buechner states, “The story of any one of us is in some measure the story of us all.” It is a reminder to them – to you – that though we, at times, feel alone, we are never fully alone, even in the darkest of nights when all seems lost, and hopeless, and surrounded by abandonment. I believe in the common grace of our lives and in many-more-than second chances. Thank you for your support. Please feel free to spread the word in your (hemi)spheres of influence. I am more than eager for you to hear this record. Coming soon.

8/25/09
.:: Chrome ::.

Whew! At last. Please mark your calendars, Tivos, TV trays, refrigerators, forearms, iPhones, and/or bicycles for August 25, 2009, official release day of Chrome.

Pre-order your copy today in the Goods Section.

From now until 8/25/09, you can get Chrome for $10.00 each, two copies for $15.00, or, if you order in increments of five or more, for just $8.00 each. Also, in my ongoing campaign to occupy the recently vacated Alaskan governorship, I’m offering Chrome + Revenge of the Birds (CD + book) together for $15.00. Your kids will be mesmerized by the mini-epic tale of Geolly Chester and his wily band of outer space bird-battlers, and you, in turn, will have 11 new songs to dive into, surely a win-win situation.

If you are one of my Patron Saints — it’s not too late to join the party, but you need to act fast — you will receive your two signed copies (complete with your name in the liner notes) by/on August 11, 2009, two weeks prior to the official release day. Thank you for believing in me enough to make this album possible!!

Side note: For those who prefer to purchase their music via download (as opposed to buying a physical copy), please allow me to make an artist’s blatant sales pitch: Chrome artwork/graphic design is going to be more than swell, thanks to the diligent, insightful and skilled artisanship of David Van Buskirk. Early on, I cast the overall album concept to David, and he ran to great lengths developing it, turning corners I didn’t expect. The environmentally friendly (a.k.a, “digi pack”) CD packaging further develops and colorfully illuminates the narrative of the songs themselves, precisely to what art and humanity should aspire — tell stories to illuminate the greater Story. I am eager for you to discover the themes in both the music and the accompanying art design, as they are complements to one another. This, I propose, is why you should purchase the physical representation of the album, not a mere download. Instantaneous digital downloads, though I purchase them myself from time to time, are cold, sterile, lifeless, invisible X’s and O’s, lacking a certain heart, or gravitas, and are deficient in spirit. This, of course, is merely my opinion. Either way, I do not yet know when Chrome will be available on iTunes or at other online distributors. Eventually it will make its way to these venues, but not right away.