"To Ayu" is a piece dedicated to my girlfriend. I think it summarizes my feelings for her quite well. On valentine's day she sent me over a keychain she had sewn and some chocolates from Japan. In return, on "White Day" I made the sketch for what was to become the solo guitar piece "To Ayu" and sent that to her in the mail (along with some Canadian chocolate) from my Toronto apartment as I was studying at University of Toronto at the time. I confess that sending a guitar serenade was perhaps a dramatic move but making music is what I do. When the piece turned out better than I expected and after talking with Ayu, I decided to release it to the public. I enlisted the help of my pro guitarist and good friend Grey Le and he helped describe some intricate aspects of guitar composition and added guitar fingerings to the guitar sheet music. He also played the piece for the music video and recordings.

I hope you enjoy