Oh November

I always struggle to write a bio for music because it’s like translating the ineffable into words. But I guess if I’m a songwriter I’m also a writer so I should be able to do that. I like writing a new one every time I’m asked because the way I think about my music will likely have changed since the last time I supplied a bio. I make songs because my heart aches. It’s the only thing I’ve found that can adequately express what I feel in my soul. I don’t understand how music does that, but it does. I sit down with confusion, pain, loneliness, worry, despair, agitation whatever it is, and I start to play. Chances are, after a few minutes something comes out that makes sense of all that inner chaos. I have been writing songs since I first felt the pang of being an outsider around 12. The songs stayed with me in my bedroom for a long time, spilling out occasionally. I had no idea what it meant to be a musician. I was lucky enough to accidentally live with real-life money making musicians in university. I thought “THIS IS THE COOLEST”. When I moved out to BC fr... more...