Albuquerque, New Mexico-based singer, songwriter, guitar player who, in April, released his third EP, which has four songs and is actively being promoted during a jam-packed tour schedule this summer that takes him through eleven states over four months, which follow the same number of states he has already played in so far in 2022. This month he will hit his 500,00th mile driven on tour since starting in 2016. In his travels he has performed with the likes of Third Eye Blind, Sister Hazel, and Lifehouse, among others. In total he has played in 46 states and seven different countries.
“I’m just a strong believer that people have more control over how they feel and react to things than they might imagine.”
“As far as subject matter, what I’m writing about, I’ve always been a fan of not sitting in one style or type of music.”
“I learned in the past, working with several really wonderful, experienced producers; this guy Jamie Jamie Candiloro out of L.A. who has been in Ryan Adams’ band, he’s worked with REM, he was GRAMMY nominated, like, very talented guy, um, Kit Karlson and Chip Johnson out in Virginia, lifelong musicians that started their own studio.”
“I think it’s always important to have another set of ears on anything you work on.”
“I spent a lot of time in my mix room, which was my car. Someone just suggested it because it’s where you listen to music the most, especially if you’re on the road and it does have no flat surfaces. So, there is a lot that makes sense about that.”
“I think you pick the people you pick because you trust them, and if you don’t you probably need to keep picking.”
“I can go to sleep at night and I can rest well knowing that I’m telling a very true story for myself and… a very real experience for a lot of other people and trying to address it and make it accessible through music.”
“Every day that I was a lawyer I also was playing music in a band.”
“I could go out on the road and I could play a song that someone related to or that touched them and they could look me in the eyes and say, ‘That meant so much to me’.”
“That’s all, I think, most of us want, is to do something that people appreciate in this world and to add to the human experience and have someone say, ‘Man, the way that you do this is really cool. And I love it,’ and that’s what I found in music that at least got me headed further down that road.”
“We played with, like, the Gin Blossoms and Third Eye Blind and Lifehouse and did a couple runs with Sister Hazel.”
“What happens if my choice to live a life on the road and constantly on the move means that I just keep passing up things that were put in front of me that were, like, meant to be – things that I was supposed to pursue but because I’m so focused on the next thing that I keep passing them up.”
“The best moment about what I do is the moment when you walk up to the door and into the door of a new place.”
“I also get to do something that I really love for a living.”
“Live Where You Love the Sky”
“Same Mistake”