It's a cool Saturday morning. The sun is coming up through gray clouds. It rained last night, which I love - good for the flowers. My dog Joey and I were just outside looking at them. And I got to thinking, the way I always do when it's quiet enough to hear myself.

I have written songs my entire life. In high school alone I wrote over 950 of them and then I stopped counting. I have no idea how many songs I've written total. Thousands, probably. I have songs I forgot I wrote. Finding them again feels like…

I have spent a long time trying to make music that other people would want. Chasing a version of success that was never really mine. Measuring the work against metrics that had nothing to do with the work itself. I thought I had a chance of making it. Whatever that means. I was trying to speak a language that wasn't my own.

Something shifted. I stopped chasing and started listening. To myself, to the music, to what was always underneath.

What I am building now is a world. Thirteen songs written, recorded…

So. I released a new single today called If We Switched Sides. It's the first of eight songs coming out every two weeks through the summer. Eight songs. I'm not playing around. Well, I am playing around, that's kind of the whole point, but you know what I mean.

Here's where I'm at. Minneapolis had a brutal winter. The cold kind and the other kind. Let me just say it plainly: I hate Trump. He is a corrupt, cruel, evil human being and I genuinely do not understand how anyone looks at what he has done to this…

Hey. It's been a while since I've written one of these, so I figured it was time to check in and share what's been going on with me. Musically, personally, and everything in between.

The short version: I'm making music I love, I'm clearing space in my life to do more of it, and I'm stepping away from a lot of the noise that had been pulling my attention for years.

Let me back up a little.

A couple of months ago I released Me and a Piano. Eleven songs, just piano and vocals, no place to hide. That project was…

Hey friends, just popping in to say hi and give you a little update on what's been going on in my world lately. Life has been full, in the best way, and I wanted to take a moment to catch you up before diving back into whatever comes next.

The biggest news on the teaching side is that I've officially wrapped up the AtHomeSongwriting website, the courses, and the community. It was a genuine labor of love, and I'm incredibly proud of what it became and the songwriters it helped along the way. But I'd be lying…