Happy Fathers' Day to all the great dads out there, especially the ones who constantly put their kids and their childhood experiences first, often at the cost of something really important to us. It's not easy but we are huge pluses in an increasingly minus filled world and I'm certain they will thank us with deep sincerity one day. Until then we just enjoy the moments we help create and remind them frequently how fortunate they are to have us and remind ourselves that the dad life really is the BEST life! 👊❤️
10 years ago tonight! 10 years?! Doesn't seem real.
It's so wild when you really think about it... You make these vows and talk about how you are going to build a life together but it's all a bit formulaic. And then holy smokes it actually happens. And it happens in thousands of little moments and a few mega ones and then 10 years goes by in a blink and you look back at photos from the greatest night of your life and it begins to feel like it wasn't your life. You know it happened but the you in those photos while still quite familiar, it's not you anymore. And it's because you actually built a life together. You did it! And built LIFE ( 8+ years as a dad and that still blows my mind). And you scroll through the hundreds of photos from your wedding and see people who at the time were huge parts of your life and some are as present as ever and some you don't see much any more because life evolves and some you dont see any more because life ends and in their place are new sources of love and guidance and perspective and meaning. And it absolutely twists your mind into at first a seemingly nostalgic and then an excruciatingly complex existential knot that then briefly untangles to shoot you down a wormhole of unimaginable clarity but just as quickly spits you out the other end back to where you started...Wondering how 10 years of life went by so quickly but grateful that it didn't go by unlived. And then the edible wears off.
We fucking did it Shana ❤️
Watch this morning's spectacular sunrise with me. Take a deep breath. The world is falling apart but you can still allow yourself to clear your mind for a moment. Have a great day.
Happy Birthday to this incredible woman who fills my life every day with so much joy and love and supports our family in too many ways to count. Hot mom too. We love you @bonitaapplesauce !
Check this.. been in my head all week! Is Foo Fighters "Everlong" with The Golden Girls theme song the most random mashup ever that actually works? Lyrically too. Wtf
I'll spare you my singing but:
"If everything could ever be this real forever.
If anything could ever be this good again.
And if you threw a party and invited every- one you knew,
You would see the biggest gift would be from me
And the card attached would say: Thank you for being a friend..."
She sang. "
Short story time: I've been fortunate to work with incredible artists over the years. Some of those artists were already successful when we started working together, but for the most part I've built my career discovering talent early on, building their careers from the ground up. It's an incredbly challenging path, as talent and great songs don't always equate to a successful career in music, but when the stars align the rewards are SO sweet.
Last summer I was introduced to @jewels_gold . Jewels had just recorded an EP which she was hoping to put out, and I drove down to central NJ to meet her and her family and talk about some strategies for her release. I wasn't sure if we were going to work together but I loved her energy and wanted to learn more. While at her house she asked if she could play me some new songs on her living room piano. The piano was out of tune, her pet bird was talking up a storm in the background, her dog was all over me... but the moment she started playing this song everything around me melted away. I wasn't in that living room anymore but rather was sitting at Madison Square Garden listening to a legendary artist soundcheck just for me. It was a powerful response to music that i hadnt had in quite some time, and I was certain I was getting a glimpse at greatness before anyone else. It's often easier for people to connect with music and artists when everyone around them is already connecting with that music and that artist. There is a pre existing validation that your taste is aligned with others. Yet here I was, being profoundly affected by an artist nobody knew and a song nobody heard.
I immediately took her into the studio to capture what I witnessed at her house. There wasn't much purpose other than to selfishly be able relive that moment over and over again, and of course play for a few friends.
Today we are releasing " Faces On The Wall", that song I heard in her living room that took me to another time and place.
This is the video we shot days later in that studio.
This is what had such an impact on me in her living room that day.
I hope it makes you feel something too.
