APT 401: a thread ...

I grew up doing music. Got signed to a development deal around 16. Record deal shortly after. I always loved everything about making & sharing music but somewhere along the way I kinda lost it. The Corp side of things drained me ..

I always had producers to write/record w me but I knew I wanted to be more intimate w the creative process. I always wrote my own songs.. but I don’t know its hard growing up. &being so young & discovering yourself & all that.
I think everyone feels that way

I wasn’t sure how music looked in my life but eventually parted ways w my label. took a beat. went thru some very personal kind of growth moments. U know the ones. Not pretty sometimes https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😓" title="Gesicht mit kaltem Schweiß" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit kaltem Schweiß">but basically what happened next was unexpected ...

I had to write music again. I felt like i would literally fall apart if I didn’t. I needed it. But I didn’t want to do it the way I used to. I wanted to be honest. With myself mostly.. And not filter anything. Which is hard for me ..

So .. I bought a couple pieces of recording gear from guitar center... I set up in my living room at apartment401 .. & started to record. I fell in love w making music again. & I think that 16 year old kid would be proud of the 27 yr old me