To breathe beneath a thousand skies, to know a million souls.

To shed my blood on war torn fields is how I'd choose to die,

To the know the passion true love wields  in a powerful final goodbye."

 - The Traveler

"I know they don't understand where I'm coming from.

They all had their master-plan, now look what I have done.

But if you could part that tiny sea, if you could make a man of me,

If you could  help that blind man see,

Then make them, make them understand...

Sometimes  I don't hear your call, or that's what I pretend.

I plug my ears right through it all and pray it soon will end.

But I don't want to sink this ship, I don't want my faith to slip,

If you got to break my hip,

Just make me, make me understand...

I've been banished from your sight, but I will look again.

Toward your holy temple, my broken heart to mend.

No I don't want to feel this fear, the solid land it must be near,

Lord, is that your voice I hear?

I finally, I finally understand....

 - Floating in the Whale

Floating in the Whale

"Creative and sophisticated...Throughout the generous 65-minute album there is an intensity of delivery that holds the listener's ear while encasing the surroundings in a cloak of foreboding and drama that makes this an album not easily digested.... Otterman has unquestioningly the best voice I've heard from a Vermont singer in a long time.  - Art Edelstein, The Times Argus, April 17, 2009.

"'Floating the Whale' has a very unique sound that I wasn't expecting, not at all a 'copycat' album.  I found it to be a nod to the classic rock sounds of the late 70's, lots of heavy guitars mixed with strong vocals." - Dave Trout, Under the Radar, Jan., 2010.

"Floating in the Whale is really pretty good...The mix of styles it reflects is kind of interesting: prog-folk or something. I like the more Crazy Horse moments, whether real ("Hear My Words") or which I imagine ("Green Mountain Skies"). You couldn't write these songs or make this kind of distinctive music if you were in NY, Nashville or L.A.: That's the great thing about the relative isolation of Vermont, where the environment, personal history, and imagination allow for interesting, if not always commercial, hybrids. Anyone who combines Blue Oyster Cult and Bob Dylan on the same song and calls it (or mixes it with) "Onward Christian Soldiers" is OK with me.”   - Wayne Robins, Billboard Magazine, May 29, 2009.

Just A Little Kid

"JALK is the most powerful song I have ever heard!!!  I have never been moved by a song like this in my life!!!  If you would like to hear this song (which I encourage you to do) go and download the song JUST A LITTLE KID!  It's free and worth the time!  This is a song of such importance and perfection!"   - Kenny ( Final Mile)

"Adrian, I got to hear JALK tonight. Tremendous!!  So typical of you - incredible, rare, "next level" quality and quantity work in content, medium, and form - which is your ability, gift, and (probably in your mind at least) sometimes a curse. To the rest of us that allow ourselves to notice, it's beautiful, inspirational, and more than moving."  - Bruce

"JALK is by far one of the most powerful songs I've heard.  It really drives the point home!"  - Ian (DJ at KBJS 90.3)

Dust of the Earth

"Fynyte is led by a very gifted songwriter with a knack for doing something a little different, but making it stick.  I bought the new Fynyte album, "Dust of the Earth", in July and have really enjoyed it.  "Fade Away" and "Apathy" are definitely my favorites, mainly because I love the melodies, and can identify with the lyrics of both.  Reading between the lines, the lyrics are probably deeper than most people know.  The songs come across as deep, guarded and maybe even a bit mysterious.  That what makes the album so interesting."   

 - F.J. Fortner, Singer / Songwriter

The Spaces In Between

  Adrian recorded "The Spaces In Between" in Southern California in 1998-99.  A transitional work. The album is a combination of remixes and additions to the songs  from "Hazed" and several new tracks recorded by Adrian at various studios around San Diego. 

Hazed

Adrian played bass guitar and sang harmony vocals on this, his  first foray into the world of the recording arts.  It is a loose rock album, which, for the most part, was meant to capture the energy of a live show.  Recorded in San Clemente, Ca. in 1998, it shares the sound of many SoCal bands at the end of the 90's.   Lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist, Matt Dillulo, and Adrian shared many of the songwriting duties and when the band broke up toward the end of the recording project, Matt and Adrian split up the DAT tapes.  Some of the songs on "The Spaces In Between" can also be found on this album.