It’s here! My musical collaboration with author J.C. Hutchins, “Anyman: The John Smith E.P.” is now available in its official compact disc and MP3 digital download editions.
Music In Character
The conceit behind “Anyman: The John Smith E.P.” was that each song was “written and performed” by John Smith, a character in J.C. Hutchins’ novel “7th Son: Descent.” J.C. provided me with song titles and some potential concepts, and I wrote five songs from there. With each one, I tried to get into the head of the character and write from his perspective — it was a fascinating, challenging experiment!
Get the Music!
While lower-quality versions of these songs were distributed as part of J.C. Hutchins’ promotional campaign when “7th Son: Descent” was published earlier this year, for the first time the official, high quality MP3 and CD versions of “Anyman: The John Smith E.P.” are now available.
You can purchase individual tracks or the entire album from CD Baby! The compact disc is $5.99, the entire album is $3.99, or individual tracks are $0.99 each. Digital tracks are in MP3 format and, of course, 100% DRM-free!
Right now, “Anyman: The John Smith E.P.” is only available through CD Baby available through CD Baby and the iTunes music store. In the weeks to come, it will be available through pretty much every online music distributor you can think of, including eMusic and Amazon.com. I’ll update this page as more venues come on line.
Lyrics and Back Story
You can read the lyrics and learn a little about my approach to each song on their respective dedicated pages in the Music section of my site:
Your Support Completes The Circle
Creating “Anyman: The John Smith E.P.” took dozens of hours over an intense three month period of writing, performing and recording. It was a creative experience unlike any I’ve ever had — exhausting and exhilarating and frustrating and inspiring all at once. I hope you like the songs, and if you do, I hope you’ll consider compensating me and J.C. for the effort by buying the CD or the MP3s. I can’t tell you how much your support means, and how much it literally helps support my independent creative endeavors!
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Not to be nit picky or anything, but it is $.04 cheaper to buy the songs individually than downloading the album. Just saying ;^)
Hah! Okay… How about $3.99 for the album? That’s the new price. Thanks for pointing that out, Paul!
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DOH!! Once again Matt Selznick, you have shown the world true kindness and put me back in my little box. I am dusting off my wallet.