I ALSO WAS REHERSING THESE SONGS ON DRUMS & BASS WITH A "SCRATCH-TRACK" CD OF GUITARS AND A CLICK-TRACK. I ALSO BEGAN TO WRITE LYRICS FROM INSPIRED SERMONS AND DIRECTLY FROM THE BIBLE. I ALSO ASKED MY BROTHER KENT TO WRITE A FEW LYRICS BECAUSE I WAS A BIT SLOW WITH THE WORDS. EVENTUALLY I COMMITTED TO A DATE AND BEGAN RECORDING.THIS FIRST RECORDING WAS A HUGE LEARNING EXPERIENCE. I EXPERIMENTED WITH "STEREO GUITARS" AND EDITING MISTAKES. I QUICKLY BECAME FAMILLIAR WITH THE WHOLE EDITING PROCESS AND LEARNED TO COMPRESS SIGNALS AND TO ADD EFFECTS. AFTER MONTHS OF EDITING, MIXING AND PLAYING MY RESULTS ON EVERY STEREO I COULD GET MY HANDS ON, I WAS FINISHED. I AM STILL PRETTY HAPPY WITH MY FIRST "SELF-TITLED" ALBUM. I AM PLANNING ON RE-MASTERING IT IN 2005. MY MAIN MISTAKES ON THAT ALBUM WAS TOO MUCH EQ, TOO MUCH COMPRESSION, AND NOT ENOUGH VOLUME. 2 YEARS LATER AFTER MY "SELF-TITLED" ALBUM AND SENDING IT TO SEVERAL CHRISTIAN RECORD LABELS I WAS PREPARING FOR MY NEXT CD. I GOT A FEW RESPONSES FROM RECORD LABELS, BUT MOST OF THEM SAID MY MUSIC WASN'T WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR.