I am VERY pleased to announce that as of today, the “Re-Release” or release of my first album “Dancing With Dragons” (Redux) is now available for streaming, download, and/or purchase here at my website, and will soon be available on many other streaming platforms as well!
This project originally began more than 2 years ago, starting with a re-recording of my very first instrumental song “Celtic Skies”, this time performed on guitar instead of bass. I was very happy with the way that turned out, and originally I was going to release just that song to commemorate what was then the 15'th anniversary of the original release of the album as of 2024. After sitting with it for awhile, I began to think about instead of re-recording just the one song why not go back & re-record the entire album? As those of you that know me well and have followed my musical journey over the years, the original recording of the first album had always brought about mixed feelings in me in regards to the quality of those recordings & the somewhat limited means I was working with at the time. While I've always believed for the most part that when it comes to an artist's albums as something meant to be looked at as “a moment in time” sort of thing & to take it in the context of that moment, there was definitely some things that I would have liked to have done differently & certainly some other instrumentation I would have liked to add, so in a way the original “vision” that I'd had for the album had gone unrealized. Now that I had the means to correct that, it felt like it was time to go back and revisit the album & bring that vision to life in full.
It's been a wonderful and somewhat consuming task over the last couple of years from start to finish with this project, and it brought back alot of memories from that “moment in time” & where I was at at the time of the original recording, and it's also been inspiring, reminding me of why I decided to start this part of my musical journey in the first place. I want to also give a HUGE thanks and credit to a friend of mine and fellow musician Kyle Hodson who has worked very patiently & diligently in putting together the re-mixing and mastering of this album, I couldn't have done it without him that's for sure! And I'd like to recommend that in listening to the album to do so in full and in order as Kyle re-sequenced some things so that one song flows very smoothly right into the next. We're really happy with how it turned out!
So now I am pleased to share with you all, in full the re-imagining of my first album Dancing With Dragons (Redux). I hope you all enjoy it, and as always I thank you all for your love and support over the years. Happy “Dancing”!