LIFE AS IT STANDS

NGL I kinda disappeared for a few years. I was posting lots and dropping music, but I was really off social media. It was nice.

I fell in love, got married, got a new cat (RIP Tabco), traveled a bit. Life is way cooler when you're on your screens less.

Another I don't talk about is that, getting big on social media is weird. People don't see you as a random dude anymore. You're THAT dude. They think they know stuff about you. Most people are really nice! But it just took me some time to develop a healthy relationship with that I think. In the beginning when i was blowing up I felt like I needed to have a conversation with every single person that follows me or enjoys my music. I think it came from a place of undervaluing myself. Like as if my art wasn't enough and I needed to give more to justify them supporting me. I'm more confident now. I know I make good art and that even though I won't ever have a face to face conversation with every person who follows me.... we have connected in the way we were destined to. It is enough. I am enough.

I had to step back while I was processing that... But now I'm mentally reengaged in creating music in a way that reminds me of highschool. I'm obsessed. I want to be the best. See I'm even rhyming without trying. But my path forward looks like this: find a mix engineer, find a video editor, find a tour manager, find a brand manager, let myself write and create without limits. I write 2-3 song a day and over 95% of them never come out cause I can't produce and promote all dat... but I want to change that.

So expect lots of music with greater frequency and quality. It's gonna be a good decade to be an OGR fan

peace,

Shane