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Running water.

put whiskey in my bottle

1 year ago today I publicly released my first album. The Time Is Now. (02-20-2020)

A project I completed entirely on my own. 100% independent. No musicians, no producers, no engineers, no professional studio.

I wrote every line. I recorded every sound. I composed every measure. I mixed every beat. I mastered all of the feelings. — I designed my own artwork. I planned my own photo shoots. I edited my own photographs. — I did the legal research. I built my own website. I created my own promotion. I spent my own money.

This project took almost 4 years to complete from start to finish, while balancing life, school, and my first 3 jobs. At one point, I realized, almost nobody does all of this on their own. It is ok to ask for help. And so:

Dad, thank you for believing in me, thank you for working with me on ideas, compositions, arrangements, and sounds.

Mom, thank you for buying the first copy sold and streaming my music endlessly. Thank you for all of the love and support.

Brother, D, thank you for not giving up on me. For pushing me. For supporting me. For lending your ear, your voice, your pen, your ideas and your opinions.

My other brother, Joey C, thank you for your support. Thanks for lending me a place to record some of my earliest tracks for this project. Thanks for sitting “in the studio” with me on those cold nights bringing through the space heater and vibin.

MVG. Thank you so much. Your tireless support and motivation truly pushed me through the final stages of this project. Thank you for all the late nights researching and designing. Thank you for never saying “it’s good enough” thus pushing me to do better than even I thought I could. Thank you for listening, sharing, and promoting me and my music any chance you had.

Slime, whenever I needed you, you have always been there, for anything. Thank you for your support. Thanks for believing in my music and thank you for working so hard on helping me bring my audio landscape as close to the dreams-in-my-head as we possibly could.

Ella, thank you for all that you’ve done. From recording vocals whenever I asked to listening to my songs as soon as they were complete. Thank you for supporting me and being there, if I ever needed it.

Mike, whenever I needed inspiration, you were there to help, supplying instrumentals and sounds. One in particular found me at the perfect time. Thank you for sharing BlankIt which became Rise & Shine. Thanks for the car ride when you listened to the early instrumentals and songs to help me figure out what work remained to be done.

Alenie, thank you for being there any time that I called on you. Thank you for the ideas, suggestions, opinion, time, and effort you spent on creating designs and answering my questions.

Those who gave me a chance: Thank you to every single person that has listened to even just one of my songs. I humbly thank you for the opportunity.

Now that I got this first project out of the way, I’ve been working on some fun stuff and I can’t wait to share it all with you!

Forever Love,

Dave (the Dreamer)

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