8-year-old Doug Rausch contemplated quitting piano. Instead, he found his passion. 21,900 practice hours later, a new artist emerges with a unique yet compellingly accessible sound - and an ALBUM painstakingly conceived, over an excessively prolonged period of monogamy between Music and Creator.

Artistic expression and commercial appeal are typically assumed to be so diametrically opposed, the idea of cross-pollination occurs seldom at best. Yet RAUSCH chases the Grand Vision with...