Seems like there's definitely a lot of interest in a remixed Only Whispering, so I'll probably tackle that soon. In the meantime, I'm working on giving touchups to some of stuff in the reject bin. As much as I'd love most of those songs to die a humane and peaceful death, they're still getting a lot of downloads and use in projects. So I'm tacking them in batches.

The first batch of 2004-era stuff is now online and ready for download:

• Across the Dusty Plains
• Fear is Free
• Gigolo
• Keep in Touch
• Upcoming Downtime
• Wrong Side of the Revolution

All of these will get instrumental mixes as well (one of the main reasons I wanted to do this). I'd say "enjoy", but that might be a little ambitious. How about: "may your ears no longer bleed" instead? :)

Thanks for all the great responses on the favorite album poll this week. It's really interesting to see the results. The winner of the moment seems to be "Only Whispering", which I never would have guessed!

That brings up another question for you guys. I wasn't planning on remixing that album, as I had done with Here Today and Crawford Street recently. The main reason is that I had that CD professionally pressed, and I still have hundreds of shrink-wrapped CDs up in my attic. But there have still been some quibbles that have annoyed me over the years, so I'm considering tackling it as a download-only remix - the MP3s free as always, and when you buy the old version on the CD, you get the new version on FLAC as well.

This one would be far less extensive than the last two - I'm mostly happy with the recording, I just want to fix a few bugs, make a few of the tracks a little less dry, and remove those super-annoying random clicks that my crappy old interface caused.

So what say you? Is this something you'd be interested in?

I'm just curious - for those of you who have heard all or most of my albums, which is your favorite?

With the new CD, I've decided to drop the Share-Alike clause from my license. My music is now all available as Creative Commons Attribution. This means you can use my music for anything, as long as you give credit for it. [More Info]

I'm extremely happy to announce that my 8th CD, "Breadcrumbs" is now available for free download. It's been a year and a half in the making, which is an epic amount of time for me. I'm insanely happy with how it turned out, and I hope you'll enjoy it, too. :)

My next CD is done! I need a little time to get the artwork set up, but the release date will be October 5th. There are 11 songs, including 3 brand new ones and several that have been massively overhauled since I released the demos. I think it's sounding pretty good. :) Stay tuned, I'll be launching a preorder soon.

Oh, and it's called "Breadcrumbs".