One thing that I noticed about your album is that it is much more musical than many. There's a lot of thought that went into the compositions. Universe was written and recorded in a 9 month period. It was recorded in my studio, The Leopard Room, up in the Hollywood Hills. It was a great experience to make a record at home.
Many musicians have their own studios now.
You know, a lot of times, like with Dream Theater, you get 300,000 dollars to record an album and we'd end up spending 320,00 when its all said and done. You can make a kick ass record for like 25,000. You know, it makes all the difference. The bottom line is when your in one of those expensive studios that cost anywhere from 1 to 2 thousand a day, you're thinking how much you're spending and you're not concentrating on how creative your art is. I get everything from progressive metal to straight hard rock.