**The Name Was Insoluble — A Tribute to Alice Augusta Ball** I wrote this song to honor Alice Augusta Ball, the brilliant 23-year-old chemist who developed the first effective injectable treatment for Hansen’s disease (leprosy), only to have her breakthrough claimed and published under another man's name after her untimely death. Born from my deep admiration for her and for all extraordinary women overlooked by scientific history, the track blends heavy alternative symphonic rock with period-infused acoustic textures, echoing her era while capturing the precision and tension of her scientific breakthrough. The lyrics explore two barriers: the biological resistance that prevented healing from entering the body, and the institutional walls that denied its creator recognition. Through precise, almost clinical language, chemistry becomes poetry: molecules cross boundaries, treatments reach patients, yet the scientist's name remains trapped outside the historical record. While others rewrote the records, her scientific method continued to carry the unmistakable imprint of her genius. **They erased her name from the paper, but chemistry did not.** A searing, percussive anthem celebrating a woman whose extraordinary discovery brought relief to thousands, while history tried to dissolve her legacy. more

The Music Kept Her Hand” tells the story of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, an exceptional pianist and composer of more than 460 works, several of whose songs were published under her brother Felix’s name. The lyrics follow her music from house to house, from voice to voice, while authorship was reassigned on paper. The signature changed; the intervals, cadences and phrasing did not. Written in sparse, fragmentary lines, the song lets the music itself bear witness: the page carried his name, the sound kept her hand.more

Driven by powerful female vocals and symphonic rock, "One Interval Stayed" is my personal tribute to Jocelyn Bell Burnell. At just twenty-four, she detected a mysterious pulse buried in miles of radio-telescope recordings, leading to the discovery of the first pulsar. In 1974, her supervisor received the Nobel Prize for his role in that discovery. She received no Nobel. Blending period-inspired acoustic textures with modern rock, this song celebrates her extraordinary persistence and the breakthrough that changed astronomy. Born from my deep admiration for her, it tells of a universe that kept repeating her signal, even when its discoverer was left out of the highest honor.more