I had been writing, composing and recording since 1989 at age 15. I was teaching myself how to mix sound as well... and it all finally culminated into my first release, Scorpio in 1998. No, I myself am not a Scorpio, rather the album took the name of the film it was to become the soundtrack to. I felt that was appropriate since the pairing of the two provided me with the means to actually finance a release. Four of the nine tracks had been written and recorded between 1992 - 1995, the film came about in 1998. In fact, the remaining five tracks on the album were recorded prior to my even having read the script for the film. 

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The film, upon completion, was very different from the actual script as well as from what even the finished film was once intended to be. Yes, I distanced myself, as well as my provided score, from the finished film. It was a matter of integrity - as in there is a certain amount of which I intend to keep with what it is that I do. 

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I had the album mastered and I had some CD-R copies printed up and I promoted the hell out of the album. Back in the 1990's we had these things called magazines (memories) and in the back of the likes of Outburn, Side-Line, Carpe Noctem, etc were lists of bands, labels, distributors and their contact information. I mailed out to every one of them... even made a few future connections I didn't realize at the time. One such label was AlterCulture Records who reached out and expressed interest in releasing the album - which they did the following year in 1999.