bullying you into dancing
someone came to my show in san francisco yesterday and brought their friend who had never heard my music before, he said “my friend forced me to come and i’m so glad i did. i’m a new fan.” i loved this and joked…
tourmaxxxing
530am and the alarm goes off. you’re up earlier than you’re used to. you’re groggy and still half-asleep. you stumble your way to the airport. you auto-pilot your way through the checkpoints before the real pilot takes over. you drift…
high thoughts
no not those kind. i’m sitting on my 6th plane in 72 hours, going back to Denver for my 3rd layover there this weekend. as i boarded i recognized…
a rainy drive to whistler
i made another quiet tour video this week. a rainy drive up to whistler for my show there that weekend. i’m not quite sure where this series is going. or if it even is a series yet. but…
no one cares
i hear this mindset a lot. i’m guilty of it sometimes. “there’s no point of doing that much work, no one will…”
the world is your oyster
we now have access to all the information you could ever want. it’s all essentially free. it’s all there if you want it. you can learn a language, learn a skill, learn how to produce, learn how to design, learn how to…
lost in japan
i just got back from 12 days in japan. roaming the country on airplane mode without a data plan. i had no real itinerary other than a few neighbourhoods i wanted to check out. i believe winging it is the best way to…
my 2026 ins and outs
nothing better than a spicy list of ins and outs without any additional context. here's mine…
back to slow
as the holidays creep in i’m reminded how important it is to just take things slow. music isn’t a race, it’s about listening to what the song needs and sometimes that takes…
inspiration, you mysterious fucker
I texted my manager at 9PM on friday night about a bunch of new music i was working on. I was excited. He said “loving this creative spurt. let’s go baby.” i just finished my album a couple months ago. that last 10% is…
curating the decline
what’s less curated than a single post on instagram? a carousel post of course. mind you, now you have multiple photos to curate… wait i mean pick… to pick in a way that seems like you didn’t curate them at all. these were just…
perspective and style
reworking a song from a few years ago made something click: the value in what we make comes from our perspective, not the tools. in more conversational terms, “i think…”