This 91st album cover is the first one I created using Photoshop (on Alec's computer while visiting in South Korea); there were a series of previous computer generated album covers, but none of them made the top-25 list because they are for the most part so... DATED and sometimes lame, I suppose. But not this one, as far as I'm concerned. From this cover onward, no cover was ever hand-drawn again on paper - only created using Photoshop. It features a new version of the Omega symbol using the smudge tool (my secret revealed!), and looks rather root-like, an effect I've tried a couple times previously with less success. I try to avoid discussing the music here, but it should be noted (by fans of trivia) that this album is of a single performance - cut up into shorter "edits" - from a "live jam" by me (on drums, Phil Schuessler (on piano) and Tim Stutts (on bass), thus making this album the shortest recording session I've ever done: about one hour! (compared to the more typical weeks or months). Note also that the top five covers are all taken from my final ten albums, so obviously I am biased towards the newer material! But I think you'll agree that they are better executed, more mature, sophisticated and, well, interesting.
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