I’m not naïve. At least I’d like to think I’m not. Many years ago, I was involved in a variety of music projects. It was the early 2000s (1999.9), social media was young, and cell phones were just phones. A very different landscape of promotion, industry control, and production. The old ways of doing things…

Creativity often gets blurred by distractions, trying to do too much, and chasing perfection. The ideas are sometimes fleeting—like puddles after a rainstorm. Other times they’re filled with the temporary excitement of “new” or “cool”—good enough to keep you motivated for a couple of months. It’s taken me a while to even come up with…