My biggest problem in the world of the ‘music business’ has been my inability to fit neatly into a genre. When performing a concert, the audiences never seem to have a problem with the eclectic mix. 　　I’ve always just written the songs as they came along and didn’t worry about where they fit. Though at times it was obvious. I’ve enjoyed many styles of music since I was a kid, and that translated into my expressing the various loves in my music. 　　On this, my first fully vocal album, this variety is apparent. 　　The opening song, “Global Blending” starts with a subtle synth pad and an emerging sound of a crowd which blend into a rush of water and a piano emerges, then a mid-tempo drum and bass, and the spoken verses lead to a sung chorus: “Global blending, not one way, bamboos bending, 　　touching the stream of life.” A celebration of the good relations people are having worldwide. 　　Then "The Lie” starts with the ominous “He lied, then she joined in, and then she lied, and that made ten, because they’d lied...where did this thing begin?” This is as close as I get to rap, with a thumbnail sketch of our darker history, with a vision of a better future. It’s not Tupac, or Pitbull, 　　or Eminem, but it’s my variation of rap. 　　Next the unexpected sound of acoustic guitar and harmonica, a la Neil Young or Dylan on “We’re All on this Ship Together”. My grandfather used to play a mandolin with a harmonica holder holding his only harmonica. So it’s in my blood. 　　After a spoken piece with an orchestral background about the mystery of being here on this planet, “The Map” is hard to categorize, with it’s sliding synth base and very rock drum and clean lead guitar lines. 　　A comic look at a mother putting up with her dreamer of a son in “I Told My Mother”. 　　After a brief instrumental interlude with sax and synth, “All the Truth (That’s ever Been )" 　　seems a bit presumptuous , but when you get to the last two lines, you may agree. 　　Though I’m not a believer in re-incarnation, I have to wonder about how quickly and exactly 　　“This Time” came to me. Let’s say I’ve got an open mind. 　　“I’ve Found Another Way” has an sweet electric guitar sound I love and a lyric about ...well, the title. 　　Final song, with simply voice and piano, free and slow, “Dreaming Of A Future Time”, which 　　is echoed in some of the songs preceding it, such as in “The Lie” : “Got to be a vision, of a world not a prison...got to be a vision, of feeling free, being free...” . 　　Hope you find something you connect with. 　　Other CDs on CDBaby by Alexander: 　　New Visions In Sedona 　　Dreams Of Sedona 　　A Space Serene 　　Tour Of The Galaxies 　　Moonlight On Water 　　Something Like Jazz 　　songs for Sedona