individual

it just isn’t true

Feb 8, 2024

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brand, guitar, identity, individual, life, music, poetry, song, songwriting, writing

I don’t like it when people try to figure me out. I like it even less when they think they already have. there’s a misguided belief that just because you’re a sad-looking punk who plays an acoustic guitar, it means you are sad or it makes you more honest than musicians who attempt to create an experience of truth in some other way.…
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Dec 18, 2023

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art, audience, individual, listening, music, performance, songwriting

crowds frighten me. singing for talking crowds? frustrating. playing my songs over barroom noise? the worst. something different and unusual is not for everyone. not everyone will tune into it, understand it, or like it. someone usually does. I try to surround myself with as many someones as possible. (record store concerts, I like those…