I've decided to release my album under a new project name, Aries9. I have made a MySpace page with 4 songs on it. The time has come to start letting my music out to the world. Below is the announcement I wrote for the MySpage page.

Life is a process of preparing for death. Well, to be more precise, it is a journey that culminates at the moment of your death -- and hopefully will go on beyond that, but for this life, our primary concern is how to live this life, so that when the final climax comes, you can look back with satisfaction and no regret.

My father died last summer at the age of 61, and he was the one who taught me the lesson above, and then set himself up as an example. His body was failing and he was suffering, but he embraced the impending end with arms wide open. He said that he had no regrets, and that he was ready -- ready to go.

When I thought of my own life, there are definitely things I had to do before I come to that point. And my songs were on the top of my list. I had these songs I had written over the years -- the songs on the debut album covers over 12-year span -- that I had to release to the world. I didn't know if they would be of any worth to anyone else besides me, but that didn't matter. I had to commit these songs to tape, in a way it does justice to what these songs can be, and let them out. This is the music I've had to make, because if I didn't I would regret on my death bed.

I am relieved to say that I succeeded. I successfully committed about half of my songs to "tape" in a way I can live with. They are not perfect by any means, but they are as good as I can make them, and they are good enough. Good enough for me. Now that it's finished, I'll do what I can to promote it, to let the world know that these songs exist and they are available -- but ultimately, it doesn't matter whether 5 or 5,000,000 people listen to them (well, I'd be lying if I didn't admit that I'd prefer the latter). Making them was my challenge and my mission, and I have completed it, with at least a passing grade. The rest matter, but still, it will never be more than "the rest" -- not "the point."

It brings me great joy to be able to finally share this music with you. The album, Darkness Reveals the Beauty of Truth, will be available in October 2007.

ari/aries9

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To listen to 4 of the songs from the album, go to Aries9's MySpace page.