April 20th marked the release of my latest single, and the first release from the “Intergalactic Funk Patrol” project. The single itself which is now available at a number of online music stores including iTunes and AmazonMp3 clocks in at just under 49 minutes.

…Yeah. I know

49 minutes of music for less than the price of a cup of coffee (and not even a particularly expensive one at that). It’s a little crazy, and there were a few technical issues along the way (not to mention a healthy dose of disbelief and confusion as the distributers tried to figure out if I was trying somehow to exploit their system), but I like to think that it was worth it.

If you have flash you can even listen to it right now while you read…

Quest For Funk by Intergalactic Funk Patrol

The reason I chose to release it as a single is that it’s not, strictly speaking, a collection of songs. It’s one unified work which tells the story of how The Funk is returned to an un-groovy world. I wanted to make sure that listeners would sit back and enjoy the whole thing as it was meant to be heard, but it didn’t seem right to charge the price of a full album.

Yes, I put just as much work in this as a full album. Possibly even more and the chances of recouping the expenses on this one are slim to none, but I’m really proud of the way it turned out and it was tremendous fun to make.

There will be more about it in future posts, but for now if you buy the single and want to learn more you can download the liner notes at intergalacticfunkpatrol.com