I grew up in a small town called Baxter Springs, Kansas. I was surrounded by music from birth. My father, uncles, and many of my cousins are working musicians. Many of my deepest and longest running friendships have been built around music.

I began writing at a young age. I've always struggled with social anxiety, and was never terribly good at expressing myself. I have battled severe depression for as long as I can remember, and the written word soon became my only real means to communicate.

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I began playing guitar mostly to be able to do something with the things I wrote, and wrote my first song at the age of 15. Since then, music has become much more than a means of communication and expression. 

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Music has been the glue that held me together. It's been the beam that stabilized me. It's been the thread that kept me from falling.

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Music has mostly been my way of turning my not-so-pretty story into something good and positive and hopefully beautiful. 

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Most importantly to me, music has been my way of reaching out to those who have felt as hopeless as I have. My way of standing in solidarity. My way of telling those who fight the same battles that I do that not only are they not alone, but they are capable.

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I want to turn the light at the end of my tunnel into a light for others who feel stranded in the dark.

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My songs often speak of hardship and loss. I mostly personify my feelings. I give them faces and names. I sing to them like they are characters in my life. Sometimes I fight them. Sometimes I love them. Sometimes they scare me... but they never defeat me.

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That is the story that I want my music to tell.

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A story of triumph.