This EP is about the feeling that follows growing older as a musician. 

It was born one night when I was playing a show, and for the first time, I started to lose my voice during the third set. And while I stood there, pushing the notes out as best as I could — but knowing that I wasn’t hitting all of the right ones — this terror sunk in, accompanied by the thought of, ‘What if it’s not just this one time?’

And over time, as I notice my hands hurting more after I play and little things becoming more difficult with that as the years go by, I know that there will come a day where I’ll never be able to play my songs as well as I did the day before. 

And this EP is about reflecting on when I could, and wondering what will become of me when I no longer can. 

Will you still want me to sing for you then?

Vacant And Vagrant

Hello, Old Friend

This song is the conclusion of a love story that was there in the background of "So Long, Lonesome Drunk" the whole time without me ever explicitly talking about it much directly. 

This is the part I didn't want to talk about yet.

So Long, Sweetheart (B-Side)

What do you do when you're in an episode of major depression? If you're me, you plug in your guitar and a condenser mic and record the first five songs you've written that come to mind -- and resonate in your heart. 'Daisy and Me' comes from the moments that immediately followed that decision.

Michigan (Daisy And Me)

Relapse (Daisy And Me)

Lyrics

Verse 1:

Well, I don’t even bother
Trying to count the failures
I should claim

Or old lovers who’ve
Stared at me before 
Walking out 
And Cursing my name

Chorus 1:

But won’t you do this dance
With me
Where I’ll hurt you
And you’ll hurt me

And I’ll know the sound
Of my name
How it changes
In your joy and in your pain

And I’ll call the consistency “love”
I’ll call your consistency “love”


Verse 2:

The walls around our hearts
Are impressive
Growing without
Breakin’ the skin
And we’re so busy
Keeping things out
That we don’t know
What we’re holding back in

Chorus 2:

So won’t you do this dance
With me
Where I’ll hurt you
And you’ll hurt me

Where I’ll know by
The look on your face
If you feel 
Like you don’t belong any place

End:

Oh won’t you do
This dance with me
Where maybe
No one's hurt at all

Where we’ll waltz
In step
Through everyone
We’ve met

And we’ll call the consistency “love”

The Devastating Dance

This song is about the pity it is to want something you will never have, despite your best efforts. 

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'Such a Pity'

Lately, I realized that I'm 35, and technically, with the average life expectancy being 77, I'm pretty much middle-aged. This led to an existential crisis. That crisis led to this EP.

Such a Pity

It Won't Be Long Now

I Hope You're Still Listening

When Words Fail Me

It's Alright, Kid

'I Want You' (live demo)

I'm an independent artist based in Racine, WI, with a deep love for music. This project is an extension of that love and how music transforms us and colors our world.

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