I released There Are No Good Answers coming up on two years ago. I made it at a weird time in my life, where I had some footing in the games industry, but hadn’t hit the comfortable level of stability that I enjoy now.
I felt kinda aimless at that point. Yes I was working in games but not enough to pay the bills. I hadn’t been in a band since 2016 at that point and “band life” felt like ancient history.
So I just started writing, for me. Random bullshit that I know I would like to hear. A bit of Dilla, a bit of Nujabes, a bit of eurodance groups like Underworld.
I remember posting it and realizing I didn’t care if anyone actually bought it. I just wanted it out there as proof to myself that I could do it. And I did.
The album by no means blew up, but I got a lot more traction on it than I ever thought I would. People reached out and told me how much they loved it. I got two separate work offers from it that snowballed into my career now.
Two years out, I don’t see There Are No Good Answers as an album. It feels closer to a friend, a colleague, something or someone that believed in me. It feels strange to personify it, but it lives separately in my brain than all my other work.
Every once in a while I’ll listen to it and be amazed that it came from my head. I am proud of it.
