I'm back after a year off!

July, 5th 2023

Wow and what year it was. So here's the TL;DR... I'm a 39-year old music producer. I've struggled with sabotage and perfectionism for pretty much my entire adult life.

I've been in therapy many years, but finally during the COVID-19 global pandemic I started turning things around with my mental health.

I worked up to the point of releasing my first songs last year. My first track Stardust is currently sitting at 10k plays on Spotify:

So many things have happened in the past year which has led to me taking some time off...

Moved twice from CA->NY and then NY->NC
Surgery for a big medical issue
Decided to leave my long career in big tech after 10+ years

After all that I feel like I'm in a stable space and now have big plans to resume where I left off. I'm still figuring out exactly what things will look like day to day but I definitely will be recording and releasing new music.

On top of that I'm gonna put a lot into figuring out my identity as a musician and will start sharing more behind-the-scenes of my journey and thoughts about being an unknown music producer in 2023 including my thoughts on the impending AI revolution.

I have so much to share but before jumping back in headfirst I'm gonna take a few months to process how I'm gonna operate. In the interim this blog will act as a journal of sorts. Eventually I'd like to share some of these same ideas in video form either on Youtube or TikTok/IG/Twitter etc.

Stay tuned for updates but here's a quick preview of me wading through my back catalog of 70 candidate tracks distilling it down to 10-12 tracks which will make my first 2-3 upcoming EPs!