Now

The EP Is Out

Running Down Dark Alleys Blind is finally out.

The response has been overwhelming — friends, family, and longtime listeners all saying the same thing: this is my best work yet. That means more than I can explain.

I feel it too. For the first time, I’m closer to the sound I actually hear in my head.

I wrote, produced, mixed, and mastered it myself. It tested me. Making an EP is a battle. But when you come out the other side proud of what you made, it’s worth it.

This one gives me confidence to keep going, and to keep telling my stories through songwriting and recording.

What’s Next

Now that the EP is out, the next release will be my book. That feels like opening a completely different can of worms.

How do I even release a book? Music feels familiar after a decade of doing it. A book doesn’t. It’s new territory. A new challenge.

I’m both dreading and looking forward to it. That's usually how it goes.

Website & The Internet

I love working on my website. Refining the layout, typography, small details. Even if no one notices, I do. That’s enough.

It gives me the exact opposite feeling that social media does.

I went on socials to share the EP and… my goodness. It feels worse than ever. More chaotic. More empty. I do worry about where it’s headed. But I also sense people are getting tired of it. And that’s good. We’ll need better alternatives. I trust we’ll find them.

Videogame

The game is moving forward.

Right now we’re focused on something deceptively simple: getting the movement of the shepherd and the sheep to feel right. It’s unbelievably difficult.

But I love spending one day per weekend working on it with Ian and Ioseba. It’s a refreshing shift after a week of music and business work.

More than anything, I’m learning about simplicity and scope. About reducing, so we can finish. That lesson is bleeding into other areas of my life and art too.

Running

I’ve been running again. My foot injury seems okay — not 100%, but as a runner I’m not sure anything ever is. There are always small chinks in the armour.

We keep going anyway. Because if we don’t, we go a little insane.

And I like that.