i played dallas, atlanta, and miami this weekend. 3 nights in a row. i managed to get a couple runs in as well, one in dallas, and one in miami. i like running new routes in cities, it helps you get..

every time i try to finish these damn songs i play them back and find something wrong. i feel like i’m not a human listening to music sometimes. instead of hearing the song as a ‘whole’ i hear all the parts stacked on top of each other, and i am FULLY incapable of understanding if…

sometimes we don’t want to write. but if we set up a schedule to write, even writing about not wanting to write can become…

4 shows and 1400km’s of driving later, week 1 is complete. thank you to everyone who came out. it’s been a long time since i drove show to show, but i really enjoyed it. no airports, no security, just…

the final tour date is now sold out. my first headline show at the commodore in vancouver. it’s the biggest stop on my tour (1000 capacity). i want to play it cool but…

breathe. new year. new ideas. new…

if i had to describe the era we’re currently living in, it would be the endless option era. i feel completely and utterly overwhelmed by choice. to the point where it handcuffs me from making a decision at all. you want to listen to some music? open Spotify and…

17 years ago i started making electronic songs. i didn’t know where to put them so i uploaded them to a myspace page and chose the name ‘felix cartal.’ i never thought i was making a decision that would be…

i’ve been roaming japan for the past week on airplane mode. the wifi only really happens in my hotel or an occasional cafe. i was sort of longing for a time of travelling overseas pre-smart phone when data plans were too expensive to justify — a chance to disconnect. mix that in with an opposite time zone to your hometown and…

i was listening to the new 070 shake album the other day. i really like it. it felt very conceptual — which i like when done right and hate when done wrong. (but hey isn’t that everything?) the concept of the album feels like this separation between “the industry” and “the artist.” anyone who works in the industry and isn’t an artist will probably advise..

my song with tegan and sara is out now. i appreciate everyone who sent me kind messages about it. i was on a run this morning thinking about the concept. what does right on time mean to me? i think about time a lot as i get older, how i…

on thursday i premiered my upcoming song with tegan and sara at the cambie in vancouver. this was all very last minute. we had originally planned to shoot a music video somewhere else, but the location fell through. we had to scramble a bit, but the cambie was kind enough to let us roll up and…

perfection seems like a worthy endeavour but it’s an oasis. the idea of making something “perfect” is not only completely contingent on the taste of the person, but it’s also a crippling concept that renders all art impossible to finish. professionals have…

the rain has come. it’s that time of year where it’s stays this time of the year until next year. anyone from vancouver knows what i mean. probably anyone from a northern city knows what i mean. i asked my friends from norway how they deal with seasonal depression as the darkness envelopes 80% of their days. they say…

a creative career is surfing. we sit on our board waiting for a wave. we need to prepare in order to ride the wave when it comes. we train. we hone our…