I tried to quit making music.

I thought it was driving me crazy.  I put down the guitar and the paper and the pen, packed up the synths and drum machines, and broke the news to my close friends and family.  And for a while, things did get a little easier - or at least more simple.  I wasn't responsible for anyone else's schedules, preferences, listening habits, practice habits, drinking habits, or ideas about the music business anymore.  It felt like being on a beautiful beach vacation.

But you can't live on vacation; the heat gets unbearable, there's sand in all your shoes, and eventually you just want to eat a fucking salad.  But mostly you miss that feeling.  That buzz that comes from working on something that could be great, or just something that could help someone - the way the tireless work of others has reached down and helped you so many times in the past.  So after a few months of not having that "good idea" high, I relapsed.  But this time I would do it by myself, and for myself: all the words and chords that make me happy to have written, and nothing else.

So that's what Where You Are Now represents for me today.  On one hand it's a return to simplicity: one man, some microphones, and some rapidly-evaporating free time.  On the other hand it's a return to complexity: all the juicy harmonies and rhythms that forged my unbreakable bond with music in the first place.  All selfishness aside, I truly hope you find this recording and love the hell out of it.  Music is, after all, way way cheaper than therapy.

Sincerely,
Your student, servant, and sidekick in music,
-Eric Severinson

Younger Man

Right Here, Waiting

Until You Leave

Piece Of Me

Falling Dream

Where You Are Now

To fluctuate between too much and too little has been Whelming's modus operandi from the start. For us, Settle represents a captivating balance of our favourite rock music sounds.