"In the end, we'll all become stories." - Margaret Atwood
This year has been quite a crazy one. I've had many ups and downs, but I wouldn't have had it any other way! I've gotten to meet some people that I just know will be in my life for a long, long time. Some will even turn into stories that I'll be telling for years. I love everyone of y'all so much!
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1 Corinthians 16:14
Listen, I know weāre crazy.
Who the hell turns their whole house into a Harry Potter experience every year? Who thinks of this shit?
Me. I do.
Halloween is some of my fondest childhood memories and my goal when I started this was to make kids smile. This year, we had over 800 kids and parents laughing, smiling, gawking, screaming and rejoicing at my doorstep. It was an amazing experience to watch them all experience my creation.
This year, the side yard was turned into the Forbidden Forrest, the garage was Honeydukes, the Hogwarts Express and Snapeās potion class fogged up the front porch.
It takes a village of nerds to run a production like this so I couldnāt have done it without the help of @apetty6985@kimberlypetty64@third_block@katherine_grace_godwin@margaretshaul@mattroylive@tommyguitar@moseleyofficial and of course @bensonkennedylynn and @noahneedleman
When Iām 80, Iāll look back at those weekends in the garage, building sets with Noah while watching Benson crawl around with pots and pans, and eating dirt in the front yardā¦. And Iāll remember a life well lived. Iāll smile. It was a family affair and I love them so much for always making my dreams come true.
Videos to come.
EP RELEASED ā¼ļøAs a longtime songwriter for myself & others, the path toward finding my OWN ābrandā and āvoiceā was somewhat foreign to me. This project changed all of that⦠harnessing the best of what Iāve learned to FINALLY ARRIVEāØ
Many thanks are in order⦠first and foremost to my long time friend and producer, @noahneedleman š¶ truly lucky to have such a talent and joy in my life, as both a champion and creative.
I would be remiss to not also mention the ways in which this EP was enhanced by the creativity, vision, and talent of so many other wonderful people, in so many different facets⦠@bryandimaio@rollmottle@rylandsteen@madeleine.wiley@joshwritessongs@third_block@kaseycanzanophotography@codyduncum šøšµš¤šøš„ thank you, THANK YOUāØ
Hope you enjoy š
āIām not sorry that I met you / only sorry that we tried / I wish that I was stronger / but I havenāt changed my mindā š¶
GONE ⢠6.13 ⢠Closer to Somewhere (EP)
āSincere girl with the kind eyes, youāve charmed the likes of me, if I was a different man, Iād give ya what ya needā š¶ GONE feat. on Closer to Somewhere (EP)š6.13
WELCOME TO HOGWARTS!
Halloween in my neighborhood brings me so much joy. Creating the Harry Potter experience every year is something I always look forward to building!
We made a few upgrades this year! Including creating the Hogwarts Express! Voldemort also joined us my scaring the big kids on the front porch. Huge thanks to my neighbor family for stepping in to help once Benson arrived. I couldnāt have done it without them! Thank you @noahneedleman for always supporting my crazy ideas and dreams even when we have a 3.5 week old baby to take care on top of it all. š
The videos are low quality but I did my best in the dark, with the rain all while holding baby B. Lol
Godās timing is truly impeccable. And to think I wasnāt even going to release this record at all. I had no expectations for this drop and now here we are, 1,700 playlist adds, my first Spotify editorial playlist add, almost 40,000 monthly listeners and my first 100k+ streams š„² I havenāt dropped a song in over 4 years so this feels damn good to see these type of numbers and be reassured by Spirit in this way. To all the mamaās out there, DONāT EVER give up on your dreams. The babies want and need to see you succeed. Iām so excited to release my next single šš„ itās really only up. Yāall think we can hit 1 million on the next drop?!āŗļøšø #motherhood #mamasgetitdone #mamamusician