Once in a while, you get to work on a song that will be remembered and treasured for generations. I have recently been so lucky! As a super dad and songwriter, longtime collaborator Sam Arjes reached out to me for production work on a song for his little girl. In the pop world where everyone Read More
We live in a very loud and over-sensationalized world. Forever reaching for harder, better, faster, & stronger. Scouring for the next mic drop or hot take. Our songs, we drop them with dazzling flames & promises of a lit experience on a jet, a yacht, or the top of skyscrapers hanging with underwear models by Read More
It’s obvious when we see automation manifest itself in labor and industry, but elusive as it creeps into the expressionistic. And while it frees up some time, it makes time for the artist to spend and fill. Mistakes are made by everyone but how should they be tolerated and excused if they exist out of laziness and consistent lack of preparation. Our reasonable expectations for the machines are that they will always work optimally, so of course this has transferred to our expectations of each other.
The feelings … they really are rushing in. For over a year me & most of my friends received an absolute onslaught of humiliation – a complete deluge of existential crisis that we won’t fully wrap our hearts & heads around until years after “normal” has returned. Being a creative person is difficult to begin Read More
It’s not that the song just gets “bigger” but the instrumentation provides richer depth to the meaning of the lyrics and it feels as if it’s pulling you along a triumphant odyssey.
I once emailed buzzfeed a scathing letter I’m sure they laughed at. This was in their early days around 2012 and I was tired of them clearly profiting from other people’s works. It was clear who got the credit and the money, and it was rarely ever the artist who came out on top. It’s Read More