[BigEvil]

I won't attempt to change anyones opinion because after all you are due that, however I'd like to clarify one or two items to help.

-One, when we shot the epk which is the basis for most of the reference here I was 22.

-Two, the part with Whalley was staged, it was my idea to make fun of a myself a bit, a new artist who cockily wanders in and wants to see the pres only to get blown off. Most of the people who enjoy my music got the joke, but taken out of context its no longer a fair basis for criticism.

-Three, as is true with any video, editing can massage the statements made to lean heavily one way or the other, and while I will not deny that at that point in my artistic career I was taking a break from co-writing & wasn't as excited as many of you would have been to write with Desmond the fact is that we turned off the cameras, dug in and wrote a "Misfit" that came out on Lesley Roys debut Jive album last year. Desmond is a legend and we had a blast that day.

I can't comment directly on the assumptions of "marketing" and other major label conspiracy theories. Though the basis for those statements may be valid in todays music climate the truth is that I make the music I personally enjoy making and do my best to execute that ambition. I cant speak on behalf of any other artists but I can definitely say that there's no boardroom, flow charts, or evil plan to promote or market, its plain and simple as me in my studio recording songs I love and releasing them. You have every right to not like that music, but I also have the right as an artist to not really care(respectfully) and keep making music I am proud of. The record I made with Howard in retrospect as of today does feel a little too up the middle for my liking but at 22 and just learning about being a solo artist I still stand by that album( infect I think you GSers will appreciate Plotnikoffs engineering as well as my drummers performances). I think Fields did a superb job on my 2nd album which was also another reflection of a period of time in my career(though it was released this year it was finished over two years ago)and I look forward to sharing what I do next. Truth be told, this is what music is about. I get to create and express myself via the sincere and comfortable means which I endorse and the listeners( yourselves included) ultimately get to make their own judgements and opinions.

You are always welcome to say and think anything you'd like about me as a artist and songwriter but I get to wake up and make music every day and until that changes I have little reason not to enjoy doing what i do and be very happy while doing it.