five years ago Lights and I made a song called Love Me. the song won a Juno for dance recording of the year (and arguably changed my life). we became real life friends and creative collaborators. we kept writing and eventually put out…

now that the live string version of feel less is out, i want to talk about how it came to be. there was always this myth growing up that to make it in the music industry, someone would have to “discover” you and then everything you ever wanted was just handed to you on a silver platter. shows like American Idol thrive on this sort of fantasy-machine and i think that concept does an excellent job at promoting the show, but a terrible job at helping artists learn the grind and passion required to…

i’ve always been a bit skeptical of writing a diary about what i’m working on. while i love discussing it verbally with close friends who get the nuance, putting it out there can feel a bit much. i think because in its rawest form, i’m not really sure if what i write one week will even be valid the following week (at least to myself.) but i guess that’s sort of how this business works, you put shit out there, some of it sticks, some of it doesn’t. one thing i do enjoy…

what an amazing day on tuesday. we recorded feel less with a live string quartet at warehouse studios. a beautiful arrangement by todor really brought our song to life in a new way. i’m in this constant teetering state of believing in my records while also thinking they could always be better. i think that’s healthy but…

one of my goals this year is to write more music with people who not only inspire me, but support me. Lights has been exactly that since we met in 2018 at the Junos. we made a song that came out the following year called Love Me, and now, exactly 5 years later, we are doing another one called…