While I was writing descriptions for the different albums, I found myself referring to "era's" of writing: early CZ, middle ESQ, TLC. I used the songs that were being played as a guide as to when the album was recorded. That got me thinking about the chronology of songs I've written. So I figured I'd try and list them all as chronologically as possible.

• Victory
• The Attack
• APAP (long forgotten)
• The New Song
• The Other Song
• Rational Hallushunashun
• Imagizm
• VMAX
• The Tinkle Song (aka Song for Nicole)
• Song for Amy
• Song for Carrie
• The Stang Song
• Marching Out
• Big Blast
• Grand Finale
• 75 MPH
• Vengence
• Dirge
• Leve Du Soliel
• DD&SD
• Travesty
• At least three unnamed pieces
• Dish With A View
• Out On A Limb
• Carcass
• Theme le Creme
• Theme To Your Misery
• And Lastly
• Interstate
• The Queen
• Sunny Cathedral
• Broken Legs
• Facets
• Major D

That's funny, it seems like there would be a lot more than that. I guess when you add in all the sequences, it is a lot more. I'm stretching my memory to remember what songs got played on the CZ with its tiny little keys.

I am actually very surprised to see Travesty was recorded in Future Archives, because I was certain it was first played in the TLC era, putting it in the 1992 timeframe, where the rest of Future Archives is in the 1989 timeframe.

So the CZ era would have been from 1987 to 1988. Breaking that down further, early CZ would be the point where nothing original was written. Middle CZ would be Victory and The Attack, and late CZ would be The New Song through VMAX. The late CZ being the longest segment of the CZ era. Middle and late CZ would also have benefitted from better recording practices.

The ESQ era would be from 1988 to 1991. Early ESQ would be everything from The Tinkle Song to Travesty and would also include sequence album v1. Late ESQ would be Sequence v2 and v3. There wasn't much live playing going on. Although Travesty was written and recorded during this time, it wasn't played live. Any live recording that might have happened during the late ESQ era would not have included original songs, so that is kind of hard to judge.

The TLC era would be 1992-1993. These are the songs Dish through Theme le Creme. Apparently, the success couldn't be sustained since external pressures like jobs, education, and relationships were developing. However, the break between the ESQ and TLC eras did allow for technical development, which should be noticable between recordings from the two eras.

The post-TLC era, having no name, is everything since that time, but maybe more accurately 1993-1999. The songs being Theme To Your Misery through Major D. These all ended up on the CDD release as solo recordings. I think this was some of the best writing and playing I did. I'm also not completely surprised that Major D was the last song of that era as that point in time was a turning point relationship-wise. After 1999, not much was done at all. The music equipment was either stored or brought out for nostalgic sessions.

The current era probably started around 2004, when the keyboard equipment was given a permanent home and a concerted effort was made to rebuild the sequencing setup. This era brings Sequence v4 and the release of the 700cb.com website. Because of the usual constraints on adult life, the quantity of output is greatly decreased. I did make good on an oft-spoken desire to release another sequence album and now I'd like to do a follow-up to the CDD release. We'll see how that turns out.