The brainchild of musician John Taglieri, “” was born of a series of songs written in early 2009. Taglieri and his co-writer Brad Whitley, in the midst of writing what was to be the second in a string of EP’s, realized that they had a storyline in their latest round of compositions. Taglieri took the storyline idea and mushroomed it. Contacting storywriter Gil Gonzalez, they formulated the EP/Book combination, with each track correlating with each chapter of the book released with it. Taglieri then contacted long time friend and graphic designer Tony Marchesani, and brought him into the project to handle the graphic novel side. Chronicling the lives of fictional characters Cate Alston and Max Knight, “” will follow them from their introduction and meeting onto a two-year journey of life and all of the ups and downs related to it. Self professed rejects, Max and Cate were always unlucky, both in life and love. Stumbling into each others lives starts a journey of discovery, and honest soul searching that takes them across the country. The project will consist of four 6-song EP’s, books & graphic novels, as well as MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, and blogger accounts for the two main characters. The characters are going to build their own friend and fan bases online to carry them through the project. The project will release it’s first installment on June 2nd, 2009, with subsequent releases in 10/09, 4/10, and 10/10. The project will have it’s home on the web at http://TheLivesProject.com. CDs and books will be available at various retail outlets. Taglieri & Gonzalez will be available for interviews & press. Various live shows as well as an in-store book tour are going to be planned to support the releases.

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