About

I’m an independent recording artist and writer from New Jersey. A lifelong musician, I’ve been recording and releasing original music for decades, with parallel stints as a sideman, a recording engineer, a producer and a theatre pit musician. All of my records are available via the Music sections of this site. I continue to perform and record my own style of soft rock and progressive pop music, and try to be the bass player whenever possible.

As writer, I favor essays and poetry, and the pieces I share here on Words, Music and Radical Common Sense. As of 2025, I’ve also taken up the creation of zines. Zines have opened many new doors for me from the community, to the freedom, to the absolute validity of creating something from start to finish that you can hold in your hand. No servers, no SEO hints you didn’t ask for – just the art. If you don’t know what zines are, do a little digging. Maybe you’ll find them as exciting as I do. They are the true form of the subversive, the most authentic and the most passionate.

I release and publish under the banner of New Aquarius Creative, if you’re wondering about the groovy logo down below and in your browser tabs.

I maintain this site and handle the design myself. It’s my little place that algorithms and corporations can’t touch. This is where I share my music, essays, images and ideas. Interpretations of my experiences and impressions as an artist manifest themselves here – a document of a single human mind and spirit, infinite in possibilities, ever elusive and counter-intuitively self-extolling. But isn’t that the nature of all creation?

I welcome you to visit often to learn about what I’m up to. In addition to comments on posts, I can always be reached at studio@chrispreston.com.