singing songs sometimes

Lets see... I made some mistakes, had a breakdown, nearly died, broke my ribs, was real depressed for a while, made up with people, tried to my best to start living life again, uhhh... got engaged? Thats also new. Am also occasionally taking care of the baby thats in our house now. So thats... yknow. A lot.

But! Last summer i finally got good news from the making-my-dreams-come-true department! Which is to say, i got a dm from a record label, and they wanted to invite me to their songwriters camp!

So here i am, going all the way to Buffalo, NY, to sit in a cabin near Lake Erie for a week!

...Alright. Let's do this one more time. 🎵

You know how I said I wasn't too sure about the whole music teacher thing? Yeah, let me rephrase that: I am AMAZING at the music teacher thing. I mean, sure, I might not know exactly how music theory works, or how to read sheet music. But kids don't care about that!

Just ask Alex. I think he learned a lot from me.

[ art by @bethanygabrielleart ]

...But I get why someone might get that impression of me. It’s... complicated.

And when things are complicated, I usually end up writing songs about it. It’s a nice way to get some feelings out. Thing is, these songs are usually pretty bad. It takes a lot of editing and erasing before I actually feel comfortable singing them where people can hear them.

So you can probably understand why I freaked out a little when my demo tape ended up in someone else’s walkman.

You know what I said earlier about deja vu? Yeah, Entre's not the only one who triggered that. There was this other guy at camp, Som.

Of course, I have met him before. He was at the beach last year. And that encounter went... great? ...Okay, no, thats a lie. I freaked out. Because... I know I knew him even before that, a long, long time ago. I just don't remember it.

But then I ran into him again at camp. And when you're both stuck in the same cabin, you have to at least try to get along, right?