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A Christian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist whose new album was just released at the end of May and was backed by a successful Kickstarter campaign. In just the first month of being on YouTube, a video for one of the songs from that album got close to 16 thousand views. Based in Texas, south of Houston, he used to play in a secular band that toured the U.S. and opened for Lifehouse and Creed, among others. He talks about having successfully overcome addictions, depression, and mental illness.

Notable Guest Quotes

“I recognized it as a song and it needed to marinade because it was such a sensitive topic.”

“If you would’ve asked me at the very tail end of 2014 if I was going to be doing music anymore I would’ve told you No.”

“It went beyond my wildest dreams.  I set the Kickstarter at a certain point and literally got over double of it on the back end.”

“I was one of those guys that was one of those virtuoso guitar players.  I could just shred up the electric guitar like nobody’s business at one time.”

“I was always struggling with manic depression, bipolar, mental illness, pretty much my whole life and it basically turned me into a person that took and took and took from every single person that I could meet.  When I was in the secular band I literally rode over everyone like a freight train.”

“When I was in the secular world, I was very much like that.  I would think to myself, ‘I gotta get on this bill at Summerfest.  I gotta be opening up for this band.’  I don’t think like that anymore.  And I’m really okay with that.”

Songs on this episode

"Not Like Us"
"Give Me Your Pain"