Hiya TJ, thanks for joining us in the virtual RGM lounge today. Grab a brew and take a seat.
Thanks for joining us today… Tell us bit about where you are from and how you got into music?
I appreciate you having me back in the lounge. I’m based out of Mobile, Alabama. My path into music wasn’t the traditional route of joining a garage band. It started with decades of private notebooks—an inventory of unspoken moments that I never intended for the world to see.
The project really took shape when I realized I could use a digital voice to carry these very raw, human stories. It allowed me to distance myself just enough to finally be honest. Now, those notebooks from Alabama have reached over 44,000 ears globally.
What was the moment you realized music was more than a hobby for you?
I have been writing songs since I was eleven years old. When I started making songs with AI, I actually planned on only releasing them to my YouTube channel. But as I released more music there, I kept getting more comments saying how I needed to get them on the major streaming platforms.
I think when I released the original version of “Letting Go of You” and saw how it was performing, that is when I realized that this could actually be something more than just a hobby. It turned from a private archive into a global project.
Who in your community gave you the biggest ‘push’ when you were starting out?
I think my mom was my biggest cheerleader. Every time I wrote a song, I would let her be the first to read it and she always gave me her honest opinion.
There were a few songs where she told me to work on it some more, but I could always tell she was proud. Having that foundation of honest support allowed me to eventually share these stories with the world.
Whats the biggest thing you have learned recently as you progress with your music?
That data is a mirror. Seeing 30% organic growth and hitting 200 subscribers on YouTube taught me that there is a specific tribe of people out there looking for this exact sound.
I’ve learned that being “selective” with the budget and “disciplined” with the schedule is more effective than just throwing noise at the wall. You have to treat the project with the same respect you treat a career.
You use a digital voice for your music. Can you talk more into why you use AI?
I always tell people that I can write a song—that is the easy part for me. With that being said, I cannot sing. I would love to be able to, but using AI really brings the songs to life in a way I couldn’t do otherwise.
I get that there are people out there hating on AI, but for me, I use it as a tool. It’s the bridge that allows the words in my notebooks to finally become audio.
Your new song, “What Love Should Be,” what can you tell us about it?
“What Love Should Be” is the breakthrough anthem from my new Deluxe Edition, Everything I Didn’t Say. If my previous tracks were about the sorrow of letting go, this one is about the clarity of moving on.
It’s got that high-gain, 2000s post-grunge crunch, but it’s aimed at a much brighter horizon. It’s the moment in the notebooks where the character finally stops looking back at the ruins and starts walking toward the field.
What was the recording process like?
I worked on layering the production to make sure the “Digital Voice” didn’t get lost in the guitars. It was a balance of making it sound futuristic but making sure you could still feel the dirt under the fingernails.
It’s about finding that stadium-sized atmosphere while keeping the emotional core of the songwriting front and center.
Would you change anything now it’s finished?
Not a single note. This release feels like the closing of a chapter. It’s the completion of the “Deluxe” era.
If I changed anything, it wouldn’t be a true reflection of that moment in time. The mistakes and the grit are part of the “Real Life Story.” You have to leave them in so the listener knows it’s real.
Is there anything else you would like to share with the world?
This might be the ending of my debut era, but there is a lot of music coming over the summer. We are transitioning into some Country-Rock vibes, so the inventory of unspoken moments is only getting started.
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