You are the music...

When you tell someone that you are in a band or that you play music, it is inevitable that you will be met with the question, "Who do you sound like?" in a matter of moments. That question never made sense, because for me it was not a matter of "who" but rather a matter of "why." That was always the crux and the drive behind any choice I make musically. 

Listeners and artists alike can answer that question differently, but the key element to every response is the story. Every good protagonist has an origin story, and that is always what fascinates me the most. I have always considered myself more of a storyteller and songwriter than a musician. For me music is this outlet where I take everything I am feeling in a given moment or period of my life and shake it up, and what comes out is a song.

That being said, that makes it each song very personal and something that is very difficult to let people experience. It is the physical manifestation of all the secrets, and desires, and highs, and lows, brought to life in a swirling colors and sounds.

Music is simultaneously a place refuge and peril. If there is someone, anyone out there that can connect with that song, that feeling that I am feeling, then I am reminded that I am not alone. It makes all the pain and joy and everything feel like it really matters. 

For me it is not about who I sound like. I have influences sure, but at the end of the day I sound like myself. It is about the music and the self. I am the music, and I am trying like hell to make it last. 

To be continued…

"You are the music, while the music lasts." ~ T.S. Eliot