my goal, musically, was to combine dramatic, romantic neoclassical elements with goth, grunge, and thrash metal influences. the album received mixed reviews in the metal world, with critics who celebrated "letting go of what was limiting about metal" to other critics who called it "unlistenable... real crap." in any case, it became clear to me in the months that followed the release of this album that most people didn't understand what i was trying to do. shortly after cutting a second album, silence, in 2004, i decided infinite singularity was a failure and, with the exception of a few solo synth gigs over the years, largely abandoned the project until the summer of 2022.

My favorite thing over the past year has been “organic” engagement, building my own playlists, finding and networking with other artists, creators, and people with whom I relate as an artist. I have met some talented people and made a good friend or two along the way. This year I have resolved to avoid the temptation to find cheap, easy results. But you have to know what feels right to you and what your goals are.

This isn’t just a blog entry; it’s a new year’s resolution. On Friday, January 5, 20 years from the release of the second infinite singularity album “silence,” I have scheduled the release of “a forgotten name,” which is about the closest thing to an enduring “hit song” I’ve made. It will be available in both the fully professionally mastered version and the “rough mix” version (what I did in my own studio, untouched by any other hands), and the original album version (recorded/mastered in 2003 and released the following year, but not remastered like the silence re-release early this year). I want to see how different they really are. But I am much more interested in how you, the listener, experiences them, and welcome your thoughts.

In the end, I want to release the most honest, best quality music I can, while also considering that I’m a broke independent artist, so that I can hopefully find my people, build momentum, and continue to do this for many years to come.

where physics meets philosophy lives an idea: everything that can happen, actually does. every decision leads to the creation of alternate or parallel universes. it’s called the many worlds theory or hypothesis; an interesting, if disturbing, thought. getting older, it’s probably common to question what might be, or could have been, had you made a different decision and a different world unfolded around you. in many ways that’s what the new single is about; creating an alternate sonic universe within infinite singularity.