I had originally intended for “Solo Guitar for Unheated Leftovers” — a five-minute track celebrating my indifference to food temperature and/or quality — to be my only recorded output. I didn’t expect anyone to ever hear it, because my promotional strategy was to release it on Bandcamp, then mention it to absolutely no one. But a few people did listen, some of whom advised me to release more music. “Relatively Unobjectionable Melodies” resulted from those conversations — an album of sparse unaccompanied guitar with intermittent atmospheric departures. “Inessential Reflections” followed, then “Quiet Guitar for Loud Parties,” and more sounds of a guitar hobbyist having a whole lot of fun. 

Should you choose to listen to any of this, I hope the music conveys the joy of the process of creating it. What I’ve learned from many years of playing the guitar, is that the moments of buoyancy that uninhibited music creation can bring to otherwise challenging times are invaluable. So I enthusiastically suggest that if you own an instrument and you’re not currently recording music, then please plug in a USB microphone (or record directly into your phone for a nice low-budget vibe) and make some noise. That’s what I’ve done, and it’ll be showing up here in the months and years ahead. Thank you, I appreciate you wonderful people for listening.