Every one of the songs was based around picking an acoustic guitar. That was part of the concept from the beginning, that the tempos were going to go from slow to almost mid-tempo.

"Steady" co-written with Cyndi Lauper was released as a single complete with a video for MTV and charted at #57. In January 2013 Jules and his wife artist/songwriter Pal Shazar released 'Shear Shazar. Shear formed a band called Reckless Sleepers with guitarist Jimmy Vivino (currently of The Max Weinberg 7) drummer Steve Holley (formerly of Wings) and bassist Brian Stanley.

Jules Mark Shear (born 1952) is an American singer songwriter and guitarist.