As far as record making goes, “Cosmic Supreme” was a wonderful heavy lift — much like “Mercury & Lightning” was nearly a decade ago. John Mark doesn’t compromise or settle. He doesn’t give in to the pressure of label or self-imposed deadlines, and both of us are always pushing together for the very best outcome. Patience. A slow cook. Experimentation, trial and error. It wasn’t about the project being good, or even great. It had to be right.

We tracked the foundation of this album at Echo Mountain in Asheville, NC — a truly spectacular multi-room facility in the mountains of Appalachia. The band & team were perfect for the job, tracking live on the floor for a full week. After our sessions at Echo Mountain we took the project back n forth between my place & JMM’s, shuffling, editing, sometimes deconstructing and reconstructing…. and experienced the discovery of what “Cosmic Supreme” wanted to become. The process of a JMM album is hardly conventional or linear. But it always turns out to be the perfect process for the album.

One doesn’t just “work” on an album like this…. The album also works on you. Cosmic Supreme is a return to wonder, and to worship. It’s JMM doing his best to make a worship album while transcending the genre of worship music itself. And in my opinion it is perhaps the very best work of his career. The songs are vulnerable, poetic - and especially honest and worship-filled.

I’m grateful to you, John Mark. Thank you again for allowing me to be at the helm of this beautiful work. And I’m grateful for the massive team on this album, everyone so vital and crucial to its final outcome. Truly a wonder.

Well done, everyone.