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Inside the Industry
Swiss Army Knives Are Better Off Not Multi-Tasking
Boredom is underrated. It’s natural for us to want every level of our focus chomping at the bit of the stimuli that flies back and forth between our senses. Sometimes, it just seems like a good use of time to…
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Artist Journeys
Finding Light After Darkness
A couple years ago I found myself in an extremely dark place at the college of my dreams. During my fourth, and final, semester at Berklee College of Music everything moved in slow motion. My winter break, right before the…
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Influences & Inspirations
What is Art?
We went to see Yayoi Kusama’s infinity room exhibit in NYC. Our photos resurfaced recently after a *phone vortex moment* and the conversation turned to Art at large. Bruno hit me with: “What is art to you? How do you…
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Influences & Inspirations
Everyone You Love Will Die
There is a feeling of comfort that arises around visiting a loved one in the hospital. As you drop everything else in your life, your reality shifts to become the hospital. You begin to learn the names of the nurses…
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Artist Journeys
You Are What You Eat From Your Head To Your Beat
I have two incurable diseases: one physical and one mental. My physical disease limits my ability to swallow. My mental disease is that I swallow too much, I let myself take on the world with no room for respite. Music has always been the one arena where I thought my mental disease couldn’t touch me. It’s been the golden sheath…
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Artist Journeys
On Finding New Hobbies, Therapy, and Doing Laundry
“Maybe if I try to make them like me. Smile a little wider, seem inviting. They won’t ask to see the darkness I’ve been hiding.” Yes, I’m starting this off by quoting one of my own songs, “Heavy Heart.” This is a shame-free zone. The title of which I also have tattooed on my left arm. Permanently engraving this phrase…
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Inside the Industry
Do Be Do Be Do: A Balancing Act
I have a question for all the creatives out there, grinding away at the latest project, or practicing until their hands go numb: When’s the last time you felt good about taking a break? If your answer is never, then I promise you, you aren’t alone. It seems we and our colleagues are plagued by this cheeky little voice that…
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Artist Journeys
Education vs. Music: My Personal Battle
Throughout my entire life, I never envisioned music as a career choice; music was always an escape or a hobby for me. When I felt down in the dumps, music was there to bring me peace of mind. When I was enjoying life, music was there to lift me even higher. But when it came to deciding whether or not…