New Album

Tue, 4 Nov 2008 00:43:24 -0500

The new album is here at last.
Thank you for your patience, love, and support.

You can find it on iTunes at www.itunes.com/samueljosephkim or on eMusic and Amazon.com. In the new year, I’ll begin to send out demos to record labels hoping for greater distribution.

Preview

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 03:05:19 -0400

I’m very excited to let you know that I’ve sent the album to be processed and according to the schedule, the album should be available to purchase in about 8-10 weeks. Thanks goes out to Kevin Lee for helping me with the album design and layout. The upcoming album will be available on iTunes US, UK, Japan, and Canada along with Amazon.com and eMusic.

Thank you for everyone’s patience. As best as I could, I tried to challenge myself to move forward in my songcraft, so I hope you enjoy it. Along with the album, I’ve released a single version of “All Around You”. It’s a completely different version, and I really wanted to share both versions with everyone. For a sample of the album, you can visit the myspace site, www.myspace.com/samueljkim.

This album was one of the first albums that didn’t really start with a concept, because I just wanted it to organically come together on its own. I did want to fulfill a wish I had about the mood of the album though. My mother, who is living in Canada, would often tell me that she listened to my music while sitting at the couch, and as she listened, she would look out of the picture window overlooking their vast farm field. I was hoping it could somehow provide a soundtrack to those cloudy but serene Vancouver skies (and incidentally, that’s what I chose as the photo subject for the single cover to “All Around You”).

As I continued to work on this album, many of the themes and feelings seemed to deal with divides and the longing to resolve those distances. In so many ways, our lives are disconnected from those around us, and even the ones that we love the most. My prayer is that somehow you may find hope in the midst of these struggles, and realize that hope and love have always been around you to give you the strength for the journey.

Blessings.