this thing has made us so connected to everybody all the time and it's awesome
but at the same time it completely dominates my life welcome to another
video welcome to my studio welcome to my life today I wanted to check in and just
kind of do a one-on-one vlog and update you guys about my life my journey I
started out doing the vlog every day last November like November 2018 maybe a
long time ago started doing videos everyday to get into the habit and then
I started kind of getting some traction with more the how-to stuff so I started
doing more that on my channel because I figured that's what people really were
enjoying and getting a lot of value out of so I started doing more of that stuff
and I haven't done as many vlogs lately about my creative process about where I
am in that journey about my life so I wanted to bring it back home and do just
an update for you guys about what I've been up to and more importantly why I
have noticed that there are a lot of people on the internet who give their
opinion and give their advice but they're not practicing what they preach
they don't do the things they say you need to do to succeed as a musician and
I found myself in that territory a little bit when we were in the middle of
the second season of the music stuff show and I realized that a lot of the
things that were coming out of my mouth I knew them to be true but I wasn't out
there doing them and I felt like a hypocrite van song I decided to step
away from the podcast for a minute and I decided to practice what I preach and
take my own advice and start doing so beginning last year I started putting up
my own music and I started down this journey of being my own artist and my
own brand because like I said there are a lot of people out there who give
advice and it's great advice but I am having trouble finding anybody who's
doing the things they say need to be done I don't see anybody out there who
is super successful as a musician and also giving away the secret sauce I
shouldn't say I don't see anybody I don't see many there are definitely
people out who do it but they're not many there are
far more people who are not doing but they're teaching and I don't want to be
that person so the reason I'm doing everything I do is to prove that it can
be done and to give credibility to my voice when I say this is what will work
this is what won't work I don't want to feel like I'm a
hypocrite but I felt like that in 2018-2019 haven't felt that way because
I've been on my journey and then 2020 I'm still at it I have learned a ton in
the last 18 months or so I mean it's insane you cannot possibly know what
will work and what won't unless you try no amount of reading no amount of
watching videos no amount of learning outside of doing can prepare you for the
things that you can only learn by doing that is why I decided to take the leap
at 34 years old and become an artist instead of just a drummer I have had an
incredible career I've played most of the arenas in the country most of the
outdoor amphitheaters and sheds that are over 20,000 people I've been on TV I've
met some really famous people I've worked with some really famous people
it's been awesome I've had an awesome awesome career I try
to stay humble about my career because I always am looking forward but when I
think about it objectively it's pretty badass
I've done some pretty cool things but I'm not the type of person who will ever
sit and rest on my accomplishments I always want not more I want a new fresh
challenge because for me in my opinion the whole point not just a music or
career but a life is adventure it's not to be happy happiness is a byproduct
it's not to be comfortable comfort is a byproduct it's not to be rich or famous
these are all symptomatic of the main thing and the main thing the main point
is adventure so I continue to choose my adventure and the adventure I'm choosing
now is to be an artist starting at 34 years old I'm 35 now and
to create a new chapter of my career that expands out
of what had become my comfort zone of being the drummer in the band I still am
a drummer in a band I love being a drummer in a band I play drums all the
time I do tons of sessions for clients all
the time I will never stop drumming but this new chapter is an effort for me to
prove more than to anybody else to myself that it can be done and then when
I prove to myself that it can be done no matter your age I intend to continue to
share how it is possible to do it with you to show you that it can be done and
this is how you do it so that is the why behind what I do and
I wanted to check in and tell you that if you've been paying attention to my
journey if this is the first video you see this is the reason behind all the
content I make this is the reason behind all the steps I'm taking all the choices
I'm making I have a couple of new steps on the way pretty soon here that I'm
really considering pretty heavily I think I'm gonna start streaming my live
process every song I make from now on I think I'm gonna do it live on Twitch and
show you guys the whole process because I don't want to be I don't want to hide
behind any curtain at my core my whole mission is transparency and honesty and
to show my call to adventure and to share it with you that's what I wanted
to share today I hope you will like this video and share it if you find it
inspiring and I hope that you will continue to come with me on this journey
so that we can all chase our own adventures thanks for watching peace
you