It took a long time of letting it go completely, for the music to come back, I had to really feel a desperate need to make my music be heard again, before the songs began to come through. I had to get the love back, and in order to do that I had to put myself in a position where I had to fight to get it back."

Angie Hart, 2004.

What motivates fearless individuals to plunge headfirst into the shark-filled waters that are today's music industry? The glimmering lure of fame, fortune, of untold spoils? To possess them would be the things dreams are made of. Of course dreams are exactly that. Dreams.

In terms of those who have flown close to sun, Angie Hart and Jesse Tobias are sans doute members of pop's mile high club. Between the two of them, they have sold well over a million records worldwide as members of previous incarnations Frente, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and last but not by any means least, Splendid.