2024 was a very busy year.  I spent a lot of my time releasing music.  

Here's all the releases:

Lady Chops & the Goddamn Jam

Time, album - February 9

Wild Premonition, single - July 10

Becoming Human

I’m Fine, single - November 4

Palm Thief

Sundogs, single - February 19

Bastard, single - June 11

Sabbaths Theater, single - July 19

Cangrejo Immortal, album - August 23

Blacklight + Lord Jordvn

Overstand, EP - February 2

Blacklight

Son of the Plug, album, November 3

TV Wonder

Forgettable, single, April 1

Magician of your Suffering, September 27

Ana Eliza

Heart Burn, single - July 1

I also worked on my social media presence.  Then, at the beginning of 2025, Tiktok got shut down.  I did a self-audit and realized I'm spending insane amounts of time and energy on social media sites, consuming content that makes me feel terrible (lots of news, people arguing, brain-rot, etc).  I made the decision to delete social media apps off my phone, and it's been very helpful for my mental health.  I'll rejoin at some point once I've figured out how to have a healthy relationship with social media.

My goal for this year is to keep releasing music with my projects, focus more on my own music which is always on the back-burner, and also to do a lot of traveling this year.  My gig calendar this year will be lighter, but that's okay because I'm excited to record + release music, and travel.

I've also been trying to worry less about the nitty gritty parts of music such as “how do I get a ton of people out to this show”, “what's the release strategy for this music”, “how do we get to the next level of success” - and instead, focus more on enjoying the process of making music.  Nearly 2 decades of trying to make music a full time thing burned me out, and I'm trying to establish my boundaries with myself for how I want to enjoy being a musician.  For a long time I'd take every gig, every recording opportunity, every connection, thinking it'd culminate in a steady career.  This often led to me short-changing myself because I'd settle for things I didn't want out of a perceived obligation; settle for less money, gigs I wasn't enthused with, venues I didn't enjoy, musical partnerships that weren't in line with my interests, etc.

All of this kind of led to burnout, but over the past years I've really been working to tighten up things on my end, focusing on projects that bring me joy and creative energy.  This year in particular I think will be a recharge year where I find inspiration from other experiences outside of music.