A journey through grief. Preparation explores the emotional complexity of navigating terminal family members through an instrumental, electronically infused, and jazz influenced record. A significant departure from Degrees of Freedom, Preparation finds itself hanging on motif instruments of synthesizers, trumpet, and live drums. It’s dichotomous existence of digital and analog. This collection of songs was written in search of the pure joy of music making and the reach for expressing ones emotions in the volatility of grief.