what’s the artists’ job? to defy expectations i think. hacky art is predictable, the good shit feels like “this isn’t quite what i expected.” it’s always good to remember when working on your shit that you gotta subvert the expectations rather than…

ah yes, let’s wait to get signed and then the label will tell us what to do? maybe this logic works in a movie, but unfortunately…

Saturday was the final show of my A BLUR tour in my hometown of Vancouver. It was at the Commodore, and it sold out 5 months in advance. I always told myself if that ever happened, having a big show sell out in advance, that I’d…

we are entering the final week of my A BLUR tour…

my new song dancing in a dream with rêve is officially out. i wanted to talk a bit about the music video, how we made it, how i took a bigger directorial roll, and why it was so…

my new song with Rêve is out this friday. we wrote it together in LA, and filmed a video in Whistler. this song has been extremely creatively fulfilling as i’ve taken a…

the key to any of this shit is becoming a fucking finisher. no one cares about the thing you’re “working on.” we all have a “great song” inside us, if ONLY we sat down and sketched it out, it would all come together so easily, right? everyone has…

a bit of progress this past weekend as i finally take the plunge and play some unreleased songs i’ve been terrified to play. i was unsure if i was emotionally ready to deal with how much work may still need to be done on them. against all odds, they…

the nature of this industry is a rollercoaster, predictability is not really a thing. sometimes there’s months of nothing happening and then a day or two where everything happens. this was one of those weekends where…

been working on this fucking song now for maybe… 4 years? maybe more? it seems crazy. am i crazy? deep down i know something is in there that needs to come out. the themes are important to me. they feel…

this morning i went for a run in the rain, which i quite enjoy. it’s a bit harder to get started, but more rewarding as you finish. i’ve been running with no real agenda lately, but keeping my weekly mileage around 25-30km. it’s a nice pocket where i…

when was the last time you listened to something, and truly thought “why do i like this?” not just… hey I like this… but really why. active listening, active thought. i think it’s a muscle we have to keep strong. i try to do this when i…

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…