"The Issues" explained

Recently it has occurred to me that merely naming a song is not that good of an idea.

What I mean to say is that if music does not support a titled piece or adhere to some sort of theme based on that title then I, as the artist, may be leading the listener astray. Some works are merely musical ideas and should not be based on some sort of "vision" or thematic idea especially as an afterthought. Randomly titling may instantly give the listener false expectations that the music may or may not live up to. In short, I have decided that if a work is not totally related to, if it is not developed from, or does not directly translate into, especially in the case of an afterthought, then I should not give it a title… even If I can think of a real good one.

Intro, "The Issues".

"The Issues" are being developed as a catalog of music which is not represented by magical names and shall be labeled in a simple numeric series. Now, don't get me wrong. I am going to miss naming songs with kooky, unrelated labels that push the listener into totally opposite mind/sound connections. However, sometimes it just doesn't seem fair to the music.

To honor this new direction in song labeling, the first one will be named accordingly… "Issue _1". If my gut is correct, and it is buddy, it is, I can honestly say that I get no sense of "musical foreshadowing" from a title such as this.

I can think of nothing more than what I am about to hear.