“From the ashes of the CZU fires, 15 songs survived.”
Changing Colors (2019)
1. CHASING MY OWN TALE
2. MIRACLE
3. ZERO TO ONE
4. SAILING ON A DREAM
5. ALL MY LIFE
6. HARD TO BUILD, EASY TO RUIN
7. RED LIGHTS
8. MONSOON
9. OVER AND OUT
19. AMPLIFY
11. NOTHING'S GONNA STOP ME NOW
12. RUN IT OUT
13. ALL WE HAVE IS TONIGHT
14. SURRENDER
15. WHERE TO BEGIN
IN 2017, I LEFT NEW YORK CITY AND MOVED TO THE MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA.
FROM THE LOWEST I’D EVER FELT TO A HIGH MOUNTAIN PEAK, SURROUNDED BY NATURE, IT FELT LIKE MY CHANCE TO TURN THINGS AROUND.
I COMMITTED TO WRITING AND RELEASING ONE SONG PER WEEK. NO SECOND-GUESSING, NO OVERTHINKING - JUST MUSIC AND MOTION.
IN 2020, THE HOUSE WHERE THIS ALBUM WAS CREATED BURNED DOWN IN THE CZU FIRES. BUT THE SONGS LIVE ON.
CHANGING COLORS IS A RECORD OF HEALING, RHYTHM, AND QUIET HOPE.
CHASING MY OWN TALE IS THE FIRST TRACK ON THE ALBUM.
I HAD A BAD CASE OF WRITER'S BLOCK UNTIL ONE DAY I DECIDED THAT THE ONLY WAY TO GET OVER IT IS TO WRITE ABOUT IT.
IT WORKED.
ZERO TO ONE IS THE LYRICAL CENTERPIECE OF CHANGING COLORS. IT’S A MANTRA ABOUT QUIET TRANSFORMATION AND TOGETHERNESS.
THE MUSIC VIDEO WAS FILMED IN THE REDWOOD FOREST OF SANTA CRUZ, CA, BY MY WIFE ELLA, WHO WAS VERY PREGNANT AT THE TIME.
SPONTANEOUS. RAW. ACOUSTIC.
THIS VERSION OF MIRACLE WAS CAPTURED IN A SINGLE TAKE OUTSIDE THE HOUSE WHERE THE ALBUM WAS WRITTEN AND RECORDED.
NO SETUP. NO REHEARSAL. JUST A QUIET MOMENT PRESERVED BEFORE IT WAS GONE.
