October 31, 2002 — Can an artist sell a CD directly from his bedroom? The media believes so: "He's accessible; he's fun. It's soul music like we heard in the '70s. This is going to be a blockbuster!" said national music journalist, Toure, on CNN's "Access" with Arthel Neville.

Cody ChesnuTT is releasing The Headphone Masterpiece (Ready Set Go! Records), a 36-track double-disc set. Available only at www.CodyChesnuTT.com, the songs were composed, recorded and mixed by ChesnuTT in his $5,000 bedroom studio.

Several major labels have offered the Atlanta native seven-figure deals to re-record the songs, but ChesnuTT refused their offers. "I created this completely in my bedroom – myself, my instruments and one microphone," he explains. "I've captured bad morning-breath, sweat, emotional highs and lows... How much more personal can you get? To try and recreate that for any amount of money would cheat the true story."

Headphone Masterpiece will be released on the upstart Ready Set Go! record label run by ChesnuTT's cousin, Donray Von. Von compares the pre-release buzz to a musical Blair Witch Project, crediting the intimacy of the recording, grassroots promotion, international touring, and 5,000+ visitors a day on ChesnuTT's website as the catalysts for spawning the frenzy.

Furthermore, two separate appearances on MTV2's "2$" concert series, first with the Strokes and then the Roots, introduced ChesnuTT to the big leagues.

Although he rejected large sums to re-record his songs, ChesnuTT did collaborate with the Roots revisiting "The Seed," a Headphone Masterpiece original, scheduled to appear on their forthcoming Phrenology (MCA) due November 26.

Headphone Masterpiece recently made its big screen debut with the movie Brown Sugar, in which ChesnuTT's R&B classic "Serve This Royalty" is featured. The disc's first single "Look Good in Leather" is currently at national radio and video outlets.