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"Hazelwood West High School, from Hazelwood." Many of you know at least something about me being a musician. Having "been in bands" and "things like that". But I wonder how many of you know just how deeply my musical influences are tied back to my first band, the Hazelwood West Marching Wildcats. Now, the 2008 HWMW went all the way to The Gator Bowl, but I like to give a lot of credit to the folks that got us the decent placement in competitions in the years leading up to 200

Making music, and sharing it has always seemed like an irrelevant and insane task, so in 2025 I am not sure why I should expect it to feel any different. A real blessing, I tell myself, that I am wired in such a way that seems to force me into flailing through the embarrassment and shame in what for musicians feels like putting a piece of their heart out into the world. There is more music, more content, more art, more media than ever. There is more everything now than ever b