New year, same me. 2025 in review. Lots of highs and lots of lows. Weird ride. Here are some highlights and stats and happies and crappies.
-Had a son/Got a dog = (Wally Drum Machine).
-Won a bowling league.
-Cracked 7 crowns on the same tooth.
-Played live music for the first time in a decade.
-Got to help one of my favorite bands work on a new record.
-Bought a house.
-Worked 96 shows with 3 different artists.
-Did I tell you about our son/dog Wally Drum Machine?
-One of those shows was at a rodeo on a stage that spun in circles.
-Started therapy.
-Read somewhere around 25 books.
-Changed guitar strings around 1,032 times (might actually be more than that).
-Worked on 39 songs in some capacity or another (not including any of my own music).
-Built 2 of the best sounding and best feeling control rooms yet.
-Found the absolute best smelling candle of all time at a vintage shop.
-Oh yeah hey we had a son/got a dog and his name is Wally Drum Machine and he’s perfect and I love him.
-Made 4 new friends and 2 new enemies.
Wally Drum Machine Thomas. He’s chill as heck and will be helping me in the studio by being in charge of good vibes and…ruff mixes. We love him already.
New year, same me.
2024 was a…year. Some highs, some lows, most of them remembered. Here are some of the stats.
-Moved and built out the best studio I’ve ever had.
-Worked on around 30 songs for myself and others in some capacity. I know that’s not very many but I did almost all of those songs with friends and had a great time doing so and also I was on tour for almost 8 months total.
-Worked 126 shows with 4 different artists.
-Attended 2 weddings. Did not attend 3. (Sooorrryyyyy)
-Got more tattoos.
-Put in even more effort to convince Beautiful Sill to finally get a dog(s). Real progress was made. Getting closer.
-Got my nose pierced.
-0 trips to urgent care and 0 concussions! I actually cannot remember the last time that was the case.
-Pet so many animals. Some of them were huge and gentle and some of them were small and spicy. -Almost all of them were good bois.
-Attended the Shoresy Fall Classic in Boston and had one of the best weekends of my life.
-Grandpa died.
-Had 8 panic attacks. One of them in the middle of a show.
-Made a considerable effort to read more and look at my phone less. Then got stuck in the middle of a super boring book and started looking at my phone too much again.
-Checked a few more states off of my list and now I’m down to only one left. Vermont, where you at?
-Made 9 really great new friends and only 2 new enemies.
New year, same me.
2023 was an all around good year. More ups than downs and so many good memories made that I’ve already forgotten a few. Here’s a small recap of some stats and figures.
-Put in a considerable amount of effort trying to convince Darling Sill Darling to get a dog and I think I’m almost there.
-Only went to urgent care one time which is my personal best for more years than I can remember.
-0 TRIPS TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM HELL YEAH GO ME.
-Pet too many good bois to count (most of them were dogs).
-Got more tattoos which is a thing I’ve been wanting to do more of for 12 years.
-Finally fixed the gap in my front teeth which is also something I’ve been wanting to do for 12 years.
-Drank a Guinness in Ireland (it tastes better there).
-Went to Ireland.
-Worked 73 shows with 4 different artists.
-6 of those shows were on cruise ships.
-Got to work with one of my all time favorite bands and artists (and now people) and we went on tour for 17 years (5ish months) and it was Hands Down the best experience and every day was a good one.
-In some capacity worked on around 35 songs for myself and others (not crazy numbers but was also traveling for work for almost 7 months in total).
-Released 5 new songs in the form of the East record for my project @auburndalesound .
-Went to 11 countries (9 of which were new), 203 cities (142 of which were new), and 666 (yo) places (526 of which were new) (shoutout to google maps for being obsessed with me).
-Also apparently I rode 19 miles on a bicycle but I do not remember doing that at all.
-Did I mention that I finally got to go to Ireland?
-Finally got my shit together and ate healthier and went to the gym regularly.
-Didn’t skip a single leg day (but I also didn’t always take them as seriously as I probably should have).
-Put a time limit on instagram on my phone and stopped looking at any sort of news feeds altogether.
-Read close to 30 books (I lost count).
-Moved to Nashville.
-Sent approximately 3,746 memes in the group chat with @sillthethomas and @rianmmiller .
-Made some new friends and only 2 enemies.
New year, same me.
2022 was weird and unexpected but good in so many ways. Here are some stats and facts from this past year.
-Got to go to Hawaii with my wife and show her some of my favorite places from a time that was incredibly transformative and impactful.
-Got to spend more time with my brother than the past many years combined.
-Worked 92 shows (I think) with 5 different artists.
-3 of those shows were on a cruise ship.
-Met and worked for one of my all time favorite artists/songwriters in one of my favorite bands.
-Released 5 new songs (in the form of one Ep) for the first time in over 6 years for my project @abandoningsunday .
-Shot and released 2 music videos with the bois at @youth.parade .
-Was interviewed by @stewmac_guitar for my work as a touring tech.
-Had the best cup of coffee in my entire life from @madcapcoffee .
-Discovered Mango Cart on draft.
-Visited 3 countries and 216 cities.
-Acquired one concussion.
-Had 2 allergic reactions.
-Visited urgent cares in 3 of those previously mentioned cities.
-Bought one new car. (Shoutout to old ladies who run stop signs.)
-2 of my favorite people got married (to each other).
-Pet a lot of awesome dogs.
-Made many new friends and very few enemies.
Bring on 2023.
Okay did it. The aptly named Never Ending Summer tour is officially over. Very grateful for the opportunity to work with some of the best people I’ve ever met. Stoked to see what’s next. Now no one talk to me for a week.
