K-OODI Magazine March 2016, Issue 4 | Page 10

and how I can continue to hone my message and skills to be the best artist I can be. How far along are you with the new album? It's almost done actually. I approved the final mix this weekend and it'll be off to the mastering engineer in a couple weeks! It was an amazing process and the record is very different from anything I have done before. Working with Marr Zimm (Marrzimm.com) really helped hone a new sound and a new direction. He helped me do something I've wanted to do for years, but was too afraid to leap. recording was with 'Rise' in 2008. 'Naked Without' was just me, a computer and a 50 dollar mic. That's it! I had no idea what I was doing. Some of those songs are so old they were recorded, or partially recorded, while in seminary. It's crazy to think about that. I would estimate that I spent 500 dollars on that record. I don't say that to diminish it. Looking back on it, I'm amazed at what I did. I'm even more amazed that I had the ba