PHILADELPHIA BORN ANTAR GOODWIN STARTED HIS MUSICAL CAREER AS SIDEMAN IN NEW YORK, AS A JAZZ BASSIST IN THE HOUSE BAND OF SEVERAL CLUBS IN THE CITY AND HIS VERSATILITY AS A MUSICIAN ALLOWED HIM TO PLAY LIVE AND RECORD IN THE STUDIO WITH NOTORIOUS FIGURES OF THE JAZZ SCENE / RESTLESS AND INTINERANT, GOODWIN HAS BEEN A OFF-ROAD AND HIS SHADOW HAS BEEN BEHIND OTHER MUSICAL EXPERIENCES AS HETEROGENEOUS AS POP WITH STING, FUNK WITH SHARON JONES OR THE R&B AND HIP-HOP OF LAURYN HILL / SERIOUS HEALTH COMPLICATIONS KEPT HIM OUT OF THE GAME FOR A WHILE AND AFTER THE PERIOD OF REFLECTION THAT HE HAD AVAILABLE, RETURNED TO THE SCENE A RENEWED MUSICIAN WITH SUPERIOR ENERGIES / AS RESULT, ALL OF THIS STARTED TO BE REFLECTED IN A LOT OF IDEAS THAT ENDED UP BEING DEFINED IN THIS FIRST ALBUM / RECORDED WITH DIFFERENT MUSICIANS FROM THOSE WHO MAKE UP THEIR CURRENT BAND "KING JESTER AND THE MIGHTY ACORNS", "THE GAME" EXTERNALIZES IN ELEVEN SONGS ALL THE ENERGY AND MUSICAL INTELLIGENCE THAT GOODWIN HAS BEEN ACCUMULATING DURING ALL THESE YEARS, HIS EXPERIENCES BECOME INTROSPECTIVE REVIEWS THAT CULMINATE AN IMPERATIVE WORK AS PERSONAL AS COMPATIBLE WITH THE HIGHEST CREATIVE DEMANDS /GOODWIN PLACES THE BLUES ON STAGE THAT ALLOWS HIM TO ACCESS OPPOSITE VERTICES OF THE SAME FIGURE, SENDING THE LISTENER TO AN EXPERIMENT OF OMNIPRESENCE THROUGHOUT EACH SONG, PRIORITIZING THE SENSATIONS THAT FROM THE FIRST CHORDS THE JOURNEY WILL BE IN MUTUAL COMPANY / ANTAR GOODWIN IS AN ALTERNATIVE MUSICIAN, NOT BECAUSE HIS MUSIC IS SO, BUT BECAUSE HIS COMMITMENT ESCAPES FROM LOGIC AND SIMPLICITY, HIS SONGS ARE NOT PREDICTABLE, ALIGNING WITH SUBTLETY AND THE MOST SUBVERSIVE IMAGINATION. "THE GAME" IS AN INTERESTING OBSERVATORY TO FIND MUSIC WITH ADDED VALUE.