The DownSide

Includes: Song Download coupon, Lyric Book with 10 original illustrations, (1) matted, signed and numbered limited edition print, and (2) 2x3 stickers.

In 2015, My band BlindSight released our third album, *Exit Wounds.* From a lyrical stand point, it wasn't an especially upbeat project- after shying away from writing about personal matters up until then, all the difficulties I had gone through in the preceding years spilled out into the songs, ranging in subject matter from the near failure of my marriage, the birth of my children, and the death of both of my parents. The final song on the album, *The Downside*, while being probably my personal favorite track, was the one that I was most unsure of including, since it was the first time I had explicitly discussed my lifelong struggles with Dysthymia and Depression with anyone but a few close friends and family members. Surprisingly, it was the song I got the most positive feedback from, and the band and I have come to consider it a favorite in our catalog.

Recently, pouring through old sketchbooks, I came across some concept art I had forgotten that I had worked up a few years back, when I was considering trying to do an animated music video for the song. While I could never commit the time needed to do the animation, I found the sketches, albeit being decidedly morbid, interesting. I decided to rework them and use them as illustrations for the songs lyrics.

I'm pleased to offer *The DownSide* limited edition collection, consisting of a download coupon for the original song, a 10 page lyric booklet with these all new illustrations, a matted, signed and numbered limited edition print of my ink drawing *Fracture*, and 2 newly designed stickers. I am only producing 30 of these sets, and once they are gone, they will not be re-issued in this form.