RUNNER

Lots of change in my life over the creation and rollout of this album. I started this album over a year ago. Now i’m holding physical copies in my hand. I enjoy reflecting on experiences and feelings i’ve had through these sounds. The ability to create a digital audio scrap book of my life experiences and feelings is a gift I sometimes take for granted.

I’m so grateful to everyone who has supported me and my art, wether in recency or over the years. Even when the stuff I was making was barely palatable I had people in my corner.

I don’t really have a direction for this post. I had just finished this website and everything with the RUNNER cd’s and was like, I should add a blog section on here where I can just ramble and shit post. So yeah, a stream of my consciousness is gonna exist here for a bit.

For those who made it here, and then proceeded to read this, I am dropping a song November 7th. Its a track I made back home with two of my sisters. In August I was back in Charlotte staying with my brother Doug, scouring Facebook marketplace as I do daily. I came across a Yamaha Channel mixer from the 70s. Spring reverb, looked cool, only $25. Naturally I got it that day. Brought It back to Dougie’s place, and while checking how operational it truly was, I came up with a little guitar riff. That riff was the basis of this track my sisters and I later created. Theres this group I’ve been listening to a TON called Jia*. The way they do their vocal layers really scratches an itch. I played them for my sisters on a car ride back in Michigan this July. They really enjoyed it. We recorded harmonies at the same time with multiple mics, switching after takes. It added a nice room feel. Well if you made it this far heres the song early.

Anyway I love that song. My sisters make the song what it is. November 7th.

I’ve been writing a lot of songs, working on multiple projects. I used to drop music all the time. If I made something and liked it I posted it. I think thats part of the reason I got to where I was. I wasn’t chasing perfection, just capturing little moments. The time between REAL BAD (it was actually by my side, but i strongly dislike that song) and JUDO! was the longest Id ever gone without releasing music. Granted was time well spent getting Biking with Francis off the ground. Anyway, the time between JUDO! and RUNNER was over a year. I don’'t wanna take a break that long between songs, projects, albums, anything like that for a bit.

Gonna be releasing more. Hopefully playing more shows. Im excited to open for Garrett in LA and NC. Also playing bass in his band. It’ll be a good time. Im running off 2 cups of black coffee, no food or water and I can feel my body screaming at me. I need to go make some food.