Nebulous 9 Biography
Xion and I began making music together in 1998. He was a dj, I a singer and keyboardist. We played in a live band, I sang to his dj sets, and then we began working with musicians on individual songs.

We invited Mike Shadley, a longtime friend of Xion's to play on one of our songs, and the chemistry was instant. We at that time brought him in full time, and began writing our first album.

When we had a nice collection of songs, we went to Signal Sound source and recorded a 5 song ep. This Ep was given out for free at our shows. We began playing shows, with good response and a dedicated fan base, but began to feel musically we weren't where we wanted to be.

We, as a band, decided to stop playing shows completely. Xion and I were parents all along, and we felt that with that restriction, we could only concentrate on one aspect of the music a time. Either we continue to play shows and work on the live performance, or we write songs. The choice seemed simple; we would much rather have something musically fantastic than live in the spotlight of live performance.

That said, we undertook a process of songwriting that took much longer than we had initially thought. We wrote nearly 60 songs, and then started to narrow down the list. Two years later, we had what we considered to be a very strong album.

We took the project to Signal Sound Source once again. We thought the recording process would take a few months, it took a year and a half.

Midway through the recording process, my father was diagnosed with lung and throat cancer. The strain on me personally was great; I took on the responsibility of his radiation and chemotherapy treatments, because he was unable to drive himself. I did this in addition it raising my family, recording my album, and working a full time job. I had the full support of the band and most importantly my husband, Xion. We worked through this, finished recording the album, and added Brian to the band so we could begin working on the live show.

It was after the recording was finished, the live show was coming along, and we were steps away from mixing and mastering the album that again, I was faced with family illness. This time, my father was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. He was given six months to live.

I could live out my dreams, release the album, and play live shows, or I could give my time to my dying father.

I chose to care for my father once more. This time, we lost our bass player. The toll of the time off had taken on him, and he wanted to pursue other ventures. Xion and Brian have decided to stay with the project, and give me the time I need.

It is now October. 9 months have passed since the initial 6 month diagnoses, and my father is still battling brain cancer. The album is mixed, mastered, and the artwork is done. We are ready to release it, when the time is right.