This album contains 12 songs. From Roy Ayers and Jazz Octet to traditional Taiwanese songs and contemporary marimba quartet. I am on vibraphone and marimba with Richie Goods - Producer, Acoustic bass and electric bass, Shedrick Mitchell on piano and organ, Allan Mednard on drums, Ismel Wignall on percussion, Jeremy Pelt on trumpet, Quintin Zoto on Guitar, Yoonjin Park on Violin and Phoebe Tsai on Cello. 

此張專輯共有12首樂曲，你可以在裡面聽到從靈魂樂鼻祖Roy Ayers到中文老歌改編，爵士八重奏到木琴四重奏，各種不同聲響色彩。我在專輯中演奏鐵琴、木琴，我的製作人是Richie Goods ，他同時也是貝斯手；Shedrick Mitchell 為鋼琴、管風琴手；Allan Mednard 為鼓手；Ismel Wignall為打擊樂手；Jeremy Pelt 為小號手；Quintin Zoto為吉他手；Yoojin Park為小提琴手；Phoebe Tsai為大提琴手。

This is my debut album, it’s a completely self-produced project, I’m doing it without the support of a record label. It requires lots of energy to overcome obstacles and challenge myself to handle multi-tasks under limited budget, time and resources. I’m learning so much in this process. Also, the most wonderful thing about making my own record is that I get to talk to every all of you guys. If I have no communication and connection with you all, I wouldn’t be able to make music. So even if you can’t donate, that’s all good. You can just talk to me, send me messages. Or even better, share this project with your friends.

這是我的第一張專輯，此張專輯選擇獨立發行，不與唱片公司簽約，一個人獨立發行，除了要克服中間遇到的困難，還得在有限的時間、金錢、資源內創造出最好的音樂並且呈現出來。過程很痛苦，但我也學習到很多，最重要的是，獨立發行創造了一個跟大家連結的機會，如果音樂沒有了人與人之間的溝同、支持、分享、連結，那我覺得我也不用做音樂了，或著說我根本不可能有機會做音樂。所以！你再讀此篇文章時，發覺自己無法捐款，沒關係，幫我分享連結也很棒！或著想要訊息我，也歡迎！

I grew up and was raised in Taiwan.  I was a classical/contemporary percussionist. My college and grad school life in Taiwan was all about how to push my contemporary playing and how to interpret original composers’ materiel to the next level. I was in a world renowned percussion ensemble called “Ju Percussion Group” and we toured quite often in China, Singapore, Thailand and other Asian countries. The group collaborated with traditional artist in Asia including Peking Opera, dance. I was always fascinated by the two different art forms combined together. I applied these concepts to the tracks “The Path” and “Blossom in a Stormy Night” on this debut album. In 2015 I came to the States to study Jazz music. I was in a grad school program at University of the Arts in Philadelphia. By immersing myself in the Philly Jazz scene and learning the jazz language I started to feel the contrast between my culture and the art form Jazz. I feel that the music of the album is the result of the unique experience of merging two cultures, Taiwanese and American, which sometimes complements and sometimes contradicts each other.  There is courage, insanity and passion combined with Taiwanese lyricism and nostalgia. There is chaos and peace, questions and statements, powerful, delicate, and most of all, the in-depth search for the bigger meaning and truth.” Richie Goods is the producer for this record, he also arranged “Invitation”, “Blue in Green” and “The Path”.

我從小在台灣長大，一直以來都是演奏古典音樂以及當代打擊樂作品。我在大學和研究所期間，都在鑽研如何把原創者的作品詮釋得淋漓盡致，鞭策自己的演奏能力到極限！我在台灣期間曾為朱宗慶打擊樂團的團員，隨團我在台灣、亞洲各地巡迴演出。團裡演出的內容時常結合京劇鑼鼓、台灣本土元素的音樂以及舞蹈，這些都讓我體會到自身文化下音樂的能量。2015年我來到美國費城，費城為爵士樂重鎮，許多知名的爵士樂手都出於此地，我在當地爵士酒吧與費城本土樂手互相切磋，每天把自己浸淫在爵士樂最真的語彙之中。此張專輯《行》便是集結一路走來所學，體驗過美國與台灣文化之經驗，將此個人經歷譜寫成曲，例如專輯中主打創作曲《行》（The Path）我寫了四台木琴作為序奏，和聲上運用到五聲音階聲響，製造傳統歌謠的聲響色彩。在錄音室，我單獨演奏每個聲部，最後把四個軌道放在一起，變成木琴四重奏，加上大鼓以及鐵琴拉功技法來拓增聲響，使我一人演奏聽起來是整個打擊樂團，序奏拉開後，鋼琴、低音提琴、鼓的加入，讓原本五聲音階氛圍，再也不侷限古典音樂聲響，而是邁入多樂器間不斷溝通對話，碰撞出火花和藉由曲中即興片段展現當下的創造力。

Now, I need your help to complete the production for this album. I’ve recorded all the music so the funds I raise will be used for the mixing, mastering of the recording, the artwork, CD printing, cover song licensing. And I am also going to produce videos for this music. If I get extra money, it will be used for touring with my band. Here's just the most essential parts of what our price breakdown looks like:

為了完成這張專輯，我需要你的幫忙。我已經錄好全部的音樂，所以募資得到的錢，我會用在混音、專輯封面設計、專輯印製費、版權費、樂手費以及宣傳之影片。如果有餘款，則會直接用在支持我的樂團日後巡迴演出的費用上，在此我提供款項之用途及項目：  

• Cover Song licensing（版權費）: $1,000
• Studios & instrument rental（錄音室及樂器租借）: $3,100
• Artwork and graphic motion（專輯封面設計費及音樂影像製作費）: $3,000
• Videographer（攝影師費用）: 1,000
• Mastering（混音）: $1,000
• PR（宣傳費）: 2,100
• CD printing（專輯印製費）: $1,500

It is also my pleasure to finally announce the track list for the album! You can expect to see:

曲目如下：

• We Live in Brooklyn Baby （布魯克林之夢）
• Invitation （邀請函）
• Blind Faith（盲目信仰）
• The Path Interlude 1（行一）
• Blossom in a Stormy Night （雨夜花）
• Blue in Green （綠中藍）
• The Path Interlude 2 （行二）
• The Imaginary Enemy （假想敵）
• Tears in Love （愛中淚）
• The Path Interlude 3 （行三）
• The Path （行）
• Mo’ Betta Blues （愛情至上）

I appreciate every bit that you all contribute to me very much. I am not just talking about funding, either. I understand that the world's current situation is hitting everyone hard right now, so if you still would like to help, the best thing you could do is to tell your friends about what I am doing! If you love good music, you can help me out massively by sharing this campaign with people you know. Thank you so much, everybody.

我非常感謝各位，在此我不想只談募資、錢等，我知道現在世界是個混亂、未知的階段。大家都辛苦了，但如果你還有餘力，願意參與，最好的方式是幫我分享給你的朋友、家人。如果你單純就愛好的音樂，就請幫我分享分享再分享。謝謝！

Mixing & Mastering by Dave Darlington

Video by Stephen Pyo

Photo by Tracy yang, Po Yao Shih