Truly one of the most incredible experiences of my life. I want to take a moment to thank @singsingmovie , @a24 , and the @theacademy@adrianmquesada@kingofbingo@therealmr.maclin and the entire cast and crew. And honor of a life time getting to celebrate and share a moment of magic and I believe there’s so much more in store. We may not have brought home a trophy, but I hope we left behind something even greater proof that dreams are possible. To everyone who has shown me love and support over these past few weeks, I am beyond grateful. Your kindness means the world to me. Thank you.
OSCAR NOMINATED!!!!!!!!!!
Truly no words!! I’m still trying to find the breath to express how I feel right now but it’s falling short..
so for now…..
From the bottom of my heart, @theacademy thank you so much.
P.S God is real!
“How I would trade it all for hands that I can hold.”
It is incredibly expensive to be someone you aren’t. It costs you your peace and the ability to truly be known.
you can’t hold hands with a ghost.
Drop the armor.
(Talking to myself )
Welcome to Handsome Club at Sea! We invited Kashus Culpepper and Abraham Alexander on stage during the Cayamo Cruise knowing that they would be a good duo interview, but we were not prepared for how much fun it was. We discussed several parallels for Abe and Kash: their boisterous singing voices, learning guitar as adults, intense histories with sports, and, of course, being very handsome. We introduce our conversation with the two musicians as "Handsome Club," and ask them to speak about their relationship with beauty. Don’t sleep on the hilarious moment where we find out that both guys learned guitar from the one and only @martyschwartz . Link in bio or where you get your podcasts.
Sometimes the right piece finds its way to you ❤️Traveled all the way to Washington to bring this Tascam 388 home. It came from a music professor who’s kept it in beautiful shape.
I’m so thankful to the @whiteclaw Next Wave program for making moments like this possible and for supporting my studio buildout. Some things are meant to keep working, making sound and telling stories. I can’t wait to put this thing to work and hear what it has to say! 🌹 #ad21+
Monday’s Dream.
I couldn’t write the second album.
Not because I was empty, but because I was haunted.
I spent months trying to protect the first record. I kept listening for what people loved, what worked, what I “thought” I had to repeat. I went to work with a drowning weight on my chest, and nothing honest came out.
I thought I had a creative block. I didn’t. I just hadn’t lived enough life to have anything new to say.
Fortunately I went back to Greece with my entire family for the first time since we left over twenty years ago. Possibly the most powerful transformation in myself yet.
Somehow found myself at the acropolis all by myself at 3am and I can’t explain the feeling of discovering myself in a way I didn’t know I needed. I unlocked stories and treasure hidden in boxes a child put away and now a man discovered. I realized I didn’t need a “cool “ hook.
I just needed to remember my name….
Haha okay I’m blabbing.
The lesson / my encouragement is
You can’t pour from an empty cup, and you can’t breathe in a room full of ghosts. The room keeping the version of yourself that people already clapped for.
— AA
