Seven Fathoms

Here are the cover and the title for my new album. I started off wondering why I read so many fantasy books, and then wondering why dragons appeared in many cultures that had no contact with each other. Then I started to equate certain challenges (like the aforementioned printer) with dragons that pop up in modern life. Almost every song is about an aspect of fantasy. And the more I thought about that, the more types of fantasies I kept thinking up, like looking at different sides of a globe. So I started out with all these questions, which lead to a gaggle of songs with fail miserably to answer any of them.

Then I got to thinking about the word fathom, and what a cool sounding and meaning word it is, and I knew it had to be in the title somehow. Each song tries to fathom one fantasy or another. Then I got into a bit of hokey numerology, since a fathom is six feet (my height). I noticed that six times seven is 42, which is the age I'll be when this CD is ready to unleash.

Then I thought, well, if there's 14 songs, there could be seven pairs. So the songs are paired, sort of. Ridiculous, I know! "Fred" is a much better title, but it's been done!

Jim