Cinematic Rock - Orchestral - Symphonic

Track 1 : RAINBOW NEBULA - The opening movement represents the birth of a solar system in all its glory. The second movement follows with man's arrival and his subsequential activity.

Track 2 : PHENOMENATION - The title track, originally an instrumental was not named until lyrics were added. This was one of the last tracks to be worked on and left us feeling as though someone really had been directing this project all along.

Track 3 : THE JOURNEY - Stripped down to the raw emotion of sultry Blues Rock guitar, this track sets the pace for a journey of exploration into a place we think we have seen before, long ago, maybe in a novel or in a dream.

Track 4 : Q BLAZE - Short for quotidian blaze, a poetic expression for the cyclical movement of the sun around the earth. Technically speaking, the sun revolves around where ever we happen to be at the moment, and leaves us well seasoned.

Track 5 : FIRST LIGHT - It's been a long restless night. The wind and rain have kept me up. But out of the darkness a somber melody on a distant horn echoes out, signaling the break of a new day, as a silver drop of hope blossoms into clear daylight.

Track 6 : SWEET - Nothing very profound to say about this track. Just a solid rhythm section laying down a feel-good latin groove so the guitar can do its thang.

Track 7 : SHANGHAI - Why write about a place you've never been to? Well, I think its fair to romanticize through imagination. To envision a bustling city of commerce with underlying dispair. I really do hope to visit someday, and leave not disappointed.

Track 8 : Z FACTOR - This track was added after the CD was thought to be finished. Making use of evolving rhythmic loops, the gritty bass sets it up and the funky guitar brings it home. This is a prime example of Cinematic Rock.

Track 9 : WHO YOU ARE - This is probably the most reflective track on the CD. Standing in the spirit, overlooking all creation, and before the one who made it. Something to meditate on while listening to the work of several fine musicians doing what they were created for.

Track 10 : CLOUD PAINTER - This track consists of two movements of the same theme. The first is like puffy slow-rolling thunderheads, and the second is a festive celebration of a multi-colored sunset. Cheers.

Track 11 : RITE OF PASSAGE - Originally written for string quintet and performed at UCLA. For the CD, this piece was re-arranged with a larger ensemble, eventually including drums, electric bass and choir.

Track 12 : NEW WORLD - At over seven minutes this piece weighs in as the most complex and heavily orchestrated track on the CD. Comprised of several movements, the theme is birth, turmoil and war, followed by rebirth, peace, and eventually new life in a new world.

Track 13 : SHILOH - The first location of the Ark Of The Covenent in the promised land, but also the name of the place where the bloodiest battle of the U.S. Civil War was fought. It may also be the name of the one who brings peace after the final war is fought.