t92780 wrote:
JM's pulling out all the stops on this record to get his name/music trending again = $$.

I have to say that something along this line was my first thought too. He has bounced around a lot musically, which is great in a way. He likely added a whole new "guitar" audience when Continuum came out, for example. But I'd bet that he sees a big difference in money based on what he releases. You don't hear songs from "TRY" playing at JC Penney when you are trying on Dockers.

Then again I could be totally wrong, and he could just be doing whatever he wants because he can at this point.