Nathan Alamillo used to be my next door neighbor. He was always a pleasant person and I loved his whole family. Both Nathan and his sister Kelsey had a big love for music – we shared that. I loved Nathan’s fresh, optimistic look at life but I didn’t really understand what he was doing with music. He was searching for his place, just like me. By the time I was ready to record Wonderland, Nathan and his family had moved away and we had stayed in touch every now and then. During Covid, the family had planned a drive-by birthday for Nathan and I asked him what he was doing now. He had made the courageous leap into full-time producing! Serendipity! After a few zoom meetings we got busy.  This project took so long to record, I actually swapped a couple of new songs with some older ones – I was learning and growing. New songs came to me quickly. Nathan was gentle and kind in the studio and very patient. Being an exacting musician from the classical world, I had to learn a lot and be available to go with the flow a little more. Nathan was really good at going with the flow! We worked so well together that I invited him to express himself by writing some of the lyrics for this project. Take a look at the videos we recorded during the process!