Yes, it was intended to be another Jon solo project. He had plenty of songs written and played the demos for us in 1998. The reason he didn't follow through with it was the record company was bought out by Universal. He was unsure of how they would be handled when they were shifted to Island/Def Jam and wanted to let the dust settle, so to speak. That's one of the main reasons Crush was delayed from 1999 until 2000 as well. The other major reason is that the scheduled producer (Bruce Fairbain) died. It seems the schedule conflicts worked out for the best since It's My Life was one of the last songs written for what became Crush.