Twenty years ago, I released an album that very few people heard. It was originally a cd-r of songs that i had composed for a concert I played in June of 2000, at the Gatherings Concert Series in Philadelphia, PA. That was my second appearance there, my previous being in February of 1999. I wanted to not only create a new set of music to play for those in attendance, but also have something they could take home with them at the end of the evening, featuring the music they'd just heard.
Over the years, I've received inquiries as to whether or not I might do an official release of "Songs for the Gathering", and until recently, I'd not considered it. But given the perspective brought by 20 years of distance, I can hear not only previews of where I would eventually head on my ambient guitar path, but also a couple of songs that were the only ones of their kind in my catalog- like "An Isle", which still remains one of the most enjoyable songs for me to play in a live setting.
