A New Band and A New Chapter

I was given the opportunity to play bass for my long time friend's band Crush, The Everlasting this past March. It's already been 4 months and things have been picking up before I could even stop take a step back and look at it all. Already a few shows deep, the connection between the 5 of us has been instantaneous. It's rare to find a group of people that you can write songs so easily with. They've been piling up and now we're set to record this summer and then tour all of next fall. I've been blessed to have this opportunity open to me.


Music is one of the greatest things in this world that is taken for granted. Can you imagine a world without it? How bland, dull, and lifeless it would be. There are people who can't even get through their day without it; that is truly a powerful thing. The gift I have to play and create music is even more powerful to me. The joy I get from playing and creating music is what creates my vested interest for it. It is my main goal in life. With that goal, I also want to be able to share it with as many people as I can. I want to be able to have a connection with people. Just my band and a crowd of people, sharing the same moment, singing the same melody, sharing the same excitement and happiness. That is joy. Joy is universal; music is a universal language.


When people ask me what I'm doing this upcoming fall, I don't feel pity that I'm not going away to some high-end college. I say proudly and acknowledge that I am taking the risk of following, what I feel is my calling, and my passion. When I ask them what they want to do, they're still unsure, and unfortunately for them, it gives me a sense of reassurance. I have the opportunity to play music and travel now and I'm running with it. It's a chance I might never get again, so I must seize it now.


It's been a long 6 years, but damn, does it feel good to look back on what I've accomplished already at age 18 and to have made it to this point. A point that is so minuscule on the scale of what's hopefully yet to come...