If you’re reading this, I’d like to tell you a few things… First of all, thank you for taking the time to check out this album. There is lots of music out there and I’m glad you stumbled upon me, hopefully you enjoy this EP as much as I enjoyed creating it. But more importantly, I admire you because you are among the minority of people who still care about an album’s liner notes (it is a small club, but a very rewarding one). That being said, I’m going to let you in on a little secret that the other listeners may not even know about… This whole album is completely improvised. That’s right. Everything was made up right on the spot. No rehearsals. No charts. No notes on the side of the page telling you when to come in and certainly no preconceived notions on what would sound ‘hip’ once that red studio light was flashing. This is no easy feat. Some of the best musicians in the world would be scared to death if you told them to “just make something up,” and be musical about it, especially in a professional recording situation on someone else’s dime…but not my guys. I’ve gotta say, I have the utmost respect for every single musician on this album. These are some of my favorite people, artists and friends in the world and I’m honored that they agreed to be a part of this project. These guys are really on another wavelength when it comes to music and communication through playing. In fact, there was very little dialogue between takes. During the few hours that all of this material was recorded, the most that was ever said was something like, “that was great…lets do another!” And sometimes (actually, most times) that is all that ever needs to be said. A huge thanks to the band, the engineers, mixers and to you for giving me your time. All the best, -AV