About the Collection

Golden Hour, the 1st single from my EP “Play This At Sunset” is being released at a time where doubt and uncertainty run my life. I honestly can’t recognize the person that wrote this song within myself right now. If you’ve been on the same planet as I have, then I’m certain that times have been rough for you as well in some way. I hope that this song can serve as encouragement for us both, to pull ourselves up. We all fall, and we all need that strong friend that or community that can lend a helping hand. I have been that strong friend so many times that I’ve developed this crippling inability to ask for help or express my needs. Even now as I’m minting this, it took me an entire month to be convinced that it might work, that someone might give a fuck. I know that people care, but as a “leader” or whatever, my inability to ask has ballooned into a belief that I’m not allowed to ask. What am I asking for? What do I need? Well, I have been laid off 4 times since June 2022 all while not having a place to live of my own. I’ve couch surfed my way through 60+ episodes of Future Surf Radio, keeping a smile on my face, not trying to let them see me sweat. I’ve had some success during that time that looks great on the internet, but really just barely has been keeping me alive. Recently, my laptop broke and my iPad was stolen, leaving me with an iPhone X as my sole creative tool and connection with the world. At the same time, I had a sponsor pull out from an event, leaving us with the bill, and then gaslighting me saying they didn’t know we needed sponsorship. This all happened at once. I have been reeling since. The circumstances had become too much and the existential crisis I’d been putting off was in full bloom, causing me to miss out on the biggest gig I’d been booked for in my hometown. I’ve become jaded, angry, and have lashed out much to my own self disappointment. Through this there were bright spots, having the community of friends and creatives I’ve met in web3 has made it less miserable. The times that I spend online or irl with you have been the only things that I’ve had to look forward to. I need time and space to reset and to find a job. Thankfully, I’ve been selected for Cabin DAO’s creator residency for the month of April. However, the expense of getting there is more than what I’ve been able to manifest. For some reason flights from VA to TX have been around $500 even for a one way ticket, since early February. That’s just to get there, never mind my broken laptop, stolen iPad, food, etc. I was going to give up, but Jazii told gave me this idea because she knows I hate the thought that people will only support my art for charity or because they “appreciate what I do for the space”…so here’s the utility - editions will serve as tickets to a token gated docuseries, I’ll share my journey to Cabin and my creative process with you every day I’m there - I will perform a live token gated concert at Cabin and stream it on the402HQ at the end of the month Phew, I can’t believe I actually minted this and wrote all of that. I hate a sob story but I’m going to press this button before I talk myself out of it. P.S. - I know people care about scarcity but I’m going to experiment with leaving this open for a year, as an archival statement, to comeback a year later and see where I am and remind myself what I had to do to get there.