on friday we held another beach pop up in vancouver. i knew some people were excited for it, because i’d been getting messages asking when the next one would be since the last one. but i never expected it to turn out the way it did. that morning i…

can you feel the shift happening? i know i can. it’s been there for a minute now. rumbling beneath the surface. the general exhaustion from a public of being ‘constantly online.’ anyone sane doesn’t talk about these apps in a positive light. we know…

yes. every show. every show I've ever played i’ve been scared. i don’t think it ever fades. the thing about fear is it’s actually a good thing. it's an indicator of what we have to do. the more scared we are of…

i’m tired of pretending that writing and producing music is easy. it’s not. what is the purpose of this journal if not to be honest with myself? there is a part of me that aches, hoping to attain something that i know is deep within me. i need to let go of my ego, and create from a place of childlike wonder. i struggle with the dance between the…

i ran today in vancouver. it was cloudy and temperate with a light mist of rain that cooled my skin as if i was in the produce aisle. the perfect running conditions. my goal today was merely to run a bit further than i had been lately. i wasn’t concerned with time or pace. i can be competitive with those things if i choose to be. but i can also let them go as long as…

i filmed a DJ set at a donut shop with a bunch of unreleased music. there’s so many random ID’s. i went kinda crazy with it. tune in wednesday at 7pm. i am at my best when i’m creating. i put everything i have into what i make. it’s constantly challenging. i don’t really think about…

every day i work on a bit of music. i don’t always get to the studio at the exact same time. i don’t always work for the same amount of time. but me, going there — to that space, is a non-negotiable. the act of making something is intrinsically rewarding. i am satisfied with…

my new song ‘cuz of you’ with cyn is out and you’ll never guess what inspired the lyrics. releasing music is somewhat of a complicated endeavour these days for my brain. part of me is proud the music is out, getting it to…

i have a new song with cyn coming out this friday. you can hear a preview here. this song has been through many versions. an absolute fuck-ton really. we wrote the first version of this song in 2022. i was in what i would call “discovery mode” at that time. just trying some random production ideas that felt inspiring at the time. some tame impala style drums, mixing in some disco influences. it was fun, it was challenging, but there was something missing…

i ran my first marathon last week. my body is feeling somewhat normal again, a bit tired, but mostly mentally drained from it all. my running journey has been on-and-off my whole life, a bit of high school track, random runs mixed in with touring throughout the years in an attempt to stay healthy. i had one half-marathon attempt that got de-railed by the global pandemic in 2020. (the race was canceled and there was an option to run ‘virtually’ but that essentially killed all motivation to complete the thing.) so last year was the year i got…

why is it so hard to move forward? because it might be easier to stay where we are. to sit and stew in our stuck.  there’s a fear of change. because the change might not work. but also, the change might work… and then there can be a whole new set of…

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’ll write the “album of my dreams” as soon as i have a bigger audience. i’ll make my show “bigger and better” as soon as i get booked for bigger shows. i’ll take more "creative risks” as soon as i have more career security. having a “big idea” in your head is the safest place to live. and it’s comforting, living in that dream world. but real art is…

i’m currently sitting on the plane flying home to vancouver from miami. i’ve skipped miami music week the last few years what with the pandemic and also some years it just not seeming worth it… so it was good to be back. i think it’s probably my 8 or 9th time, which seems wild in retrospect. it’s a good mix of people, some people who are trying to re-create the “glory days” whatever that means, and most who just kinda adapt and roll with the ebbs and flows of the industry. i’m always a fan of those in the latter camp as the former feels a bit like…