Music
Failed at guitar.
Taught myself piano.
I thought I wasn't musical because one instrument refused to work for me. Turns out I just needed a different door. Behind it: 8 years of daily practice, 2 released albums, and thousands of unreleased tracks.
The story, in four chapters
Every musician has a defining failure. Mine happened early. Here's how it bent the line.
Chapter 1 · Age 10
The guitar I couldn't play
I picked up a guitar because everyone cool was holding one in a movie. My fingers refused to cooperate. I put it down. I thought I wasn't musical.
Chapter 2 · Age 14
YouTube taught me piano
No lessons. No teacher. Just headphones, a MIDI keyboard, and thousands of hours of tutorials. Turns out I wasn't unmusical — I just needed a different doorway in.
Chapter 3 · Age 16 — Present
Logic Pro and the cave
Piano became production. Production became a practice. Two full albums in, thousands of unreleased tracks, three years of .logic files on my MacBook.
Chapter 4 · Always
Self-solutioning as a skill
Music taught me the most valuable founder trait: figure it out yourself. Then ship it. Then do it again tomorrow.
The catalog
Tracks I've let
out of the cave.
Most of what I make stays on my MacBook. These made it past the bar.
- 2024Coming soon
Press X1 — side A
from “Press X1”
- 2024Coming soon
4am in Somerville
from “Press X1”
- 2025Coming soon
Cassius (for Dad)