after i spent the first few years of my career running the show myself and releasing records from my house, i made a deal in 2007 for the last record "who you are" that i had hoped would be my attempt to put the work on the shoulders of others and allow me to just write and play music. i had seen some friends sit back and let their careers be controlled by other people, and that seemed like a good life. everything went well with the release, and i had a good year and half on the road promoting that record around the world. unfortunately, what i didn't take into consideration was that i like the business part of this job. i like working with people. the songwriting and playing is a part of who i am whether or not i make money at it, but the details after the studio are what makes it feel like satisfying work. maybe it comes from a work ethic handed down by my family, but i like doing doing the day to day stuff - helping create artwork and talking to my distributor and knowing all of the numbers and, most importantly, having a one on one relationship with every single person involved in my music getting out there. i wanted to have control again. i've seen too many friends sign a piece of paper and lose their career because one radio single didn't work or they weren't enough of a priority at their label after their biggest fan left the company. however, i was tied up in a record deal in which i still owed two more records to my label. after weighing the options, i decided to buy my way out. as these things often go, the legal wrangling took a bit of time (hence my musical disappearing act), but now it's over. thanks to the great kindness of the president of my old label who could have held me to the contract, i am free, with a new record that i paid for myself, and it feels absolutely incredible. against the advice of many people, i took my sweet time to finish this record. after the better part of four years on the road, opening for great bands and headliningRead More
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