The story behind this album is cool. I started to write songs shortly after picking up the guitar in 2004. It happened while I was working at a Salvation Army summer camp in Minnesota. At first, I started to write songs with my guitar to cheer-up the kids at camp.But then my friends/co-workers were also encouraged by my songs, so they urged me to write more songs until I eventually produced a home-made album in January 2005. In 2006, I met up with Mark Michaud in St. Louis, MO. Mark has been my friend since I was about 5 years old. He is extremely talented and encouraging so I asked for his help, but we didn't get to collaborate because we lived in different states. But then, by God's providence, we both ended up in Arizona, so we were able to put a 5-song EP together called "The Unpopular Appetite". Mark produced the music based on songs I had already written, except the song Appetite. He had already made the music for it before I decided to put lyrics to it. Mark and I hope you'll be encouraged by our work on many levels.