Genre: Pop/Rock
For fans of: Steven Curtis Chapman, Michael W. Smith, Billy Joel, Paul Carrack, Maroon 5
Label: Spring Hill Music

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Forget what your Mom said about playing with matches. You're not seven anymore. Strike that match, watch the flame consume the head and dare to wait as it moves, insistently, toward your thumb and forefinger. Sure, you could get burned. But playing it safe is not always best. Without risk, you never fully discover who you are—who you can be.

For Scott Krippayne, a respected, accomplished singer/songwriter, the days of playing it safe are over. After nine years in pursuit of his dream, with five albums and plenty of radio and critical success to mark the path, Scott threw away the rulebook. He and his wife, Katy, moved back home to Seattle, to reestablish their roots before their kids start school. There, Scott jumped off the 'people pleaser' bus. He started running with scissors, talking to strangers, base-jumping from tall buildings and touching breakable things in department stores. *

And perhaps the biggest risk of all, Scott Krippayne began playing with fire. The result—like an intricate crystal forged repeatedly in a fierce furnace—his 6th album Gentle Revolution shocks and surprises in its intensity, clarity and depth.

"When I began thinking about this album," Scott says, "I remember saying 'I really want to take some risks, to build a new box.' I just wanted to be true to my creative instincts, to my own heart, my own mind."

With Gentle Revolution, Scott and producer Kent Hooper explored larger musical territory, inspired by the innovation of bands like Switchfoot, Maroon 5 and pop icons like Sting and Billy Joel. You can still hear the piano-driven pop sound Scott Krippayne has become known for, but the polished pop edge has been burned away, leaving behind a barrage of aggressive guitars fused with an authentic 'live' rock feel. "We operated with a 'no rules, just right' philosophy," Scott says of the musical approach. "We wanted it to be as true musically as it is lyrically, so we agreed to let our mistakes guide us."

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