Free Delivery

Liner notes

Although Free Delivery carries a 2026 release date, these songs were actually born nearly four decades earlier — written in 1987 by a nineteen-year-old aspiring musician.

Aspiring is the operative word.

Those commercial dreams were never realized. While I have always considered myself a musician — first and foremost a drummer — I laid down my sticks only a few short years later. Marriage, career, children… life arrived, as it tends to do, and quietly rearranged both time and priorities.

At the time these songs were written, I was deeply immersed in the Contemporary Christian Music world of the late 1980s, and the lyrics reflect that season unmistakably. Most of these compositions never saw the light of day. In fact, only two were ever performed publicly. Never Be The Same was sung at a friend’s wedding and later at my own — inspired by my girlfriend Bridey, who would become my wife — alongside songs like Impressions of You and Every Time I See a Rose.

For the next twenty years, music largely became something I supported rather than created. Apart from singing cover songs at weddings or in church settings, my return to public performance came through serving as a worship team drummer. During that season, songwriting itself never reawakened. I was content simply to play my role.

That changed unexpectedly with the arrival of AI music software, Zona. For the first time in decades, I pulled out an old notebook filled with lyrics that had followed me through at least six moves and countless chapters of life. What began as curiosity quickly became inspiration — an opportunity to finally hear songs that had existed only in imagination.

Whenever possible, I tried to keep the arrangements faithful to the late-80s sound in which they were conceived. If you are nostalgic for classic CCM — and perhaps quietly mourn its disappearance in the wake of the modern Worship Revolution — you may find something familiar here.

I freely acknowledge that I cannot claim credit for the musicianship heard on these recordings. This project was never about performance virtuosity. Instead, it became fascinating to hear how lyrics I once considered ordinary — even naïve — could take on unexpected life across different musical styles. That discovery is the reason for the many bonus versions included in the subsequent album: Bonus Slices.

Hearing these songs come alive after nearly forty years has been deeply gratifying. What once gathered dust in a notebook now carries sound, texture, and emotion. More than anything, these lyrics represent the honest outpouring of an early faith journey. Revisiting them today, I’m struck by the sincerity and passion of my younger self — reminders of belief, hope, and creative longing that time never entirely erased.

Free Delivery is, ultimately, an exercise in personal fulfillment. I make no assumption that others will connect with these songs the way I do. But if even a moment of inspiration, nostalgia, or simple enjoyment finds its way to you through this music, then the journey has been worthwhile.

Thank you for listening.