A Musician Starting Over | Midlife Reinvention, Studio Building, & Creative Discipline, Music Career Rebuild and Content Creation.
I’m rebuilding my music career from scratch and documenting the process in real time. The Chronicles of Shred follows a mid-career musician starting over, building a new studio, sharpening skills, and rebuilding confidence in the modern creator economy.
Each episode explores creative discipline, career strategy, music production, performance mindset, and the reality of reinventing yourself as an independent artist.
This isn’t theory. It’s the rebuild happening live.
If you’ve ever wanted to reinvent your life, restart your creative path, or see what it really takes to build a sustainable music career today, this is for you.
New Episodes Weekly as the rebuild unfolds…
I Made This Too Complicated | The Chronicles of Shred S2 Ep6
Thirty days of posting more taught me a few things—and chasing every successful post isn’t how I want to build this.
This week, I’m talking about the social media experiment, the frustration of inconsistent results, and why my rehearsal rig needs to get simpler so I can spend more time singing and playing.
Plus: house repairs, finding an off switch for content creation, and discovering that Hallmark ornaments have a secret society. Apparently, buying my wife a tiny reindeer requires insider connections.
It’s another week of building Five IV and figuring out what works for me.
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#MusicianLife #ContentCreation #WorkLifeBalance
6 Oct 2026
Van Halen, Hot Takes & a Thousand-Dollar Favor | The Chronicles of Shred S2 E5
I called Van Halen hair metal. The comments went about how you’d expect. But did all that debating actually help?
For the 30th episode of The Chronicles of Shred, I’m back at the desk with a better studio setup, six weeks of gym consistency and nearly 15 pounds down. I’m also catching a familiar pattern: things start working, and I immediately want to go overboard—including with vocal practice.
Plus, a potential light show purchase turns into an urgent $1,000 loan request, people are asking to be guests on the podcast, and apparently I’m a hockey fan now.
Another week of building FIVE IV and figuring things out as I go.
Would you like to see occasional guests on the show? Let me know in the comments.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Back at the desk
00:30 Episode 30—and the Van Halen hot take
04:06 Content progress and the studio reset
06:21 Six weeks in the gym
09:45 The same pattern in vocal practice
10:32 A light show deal takes a turn
13:28 Should this podcast have guests?
14:38 Becoming a Columbus Blue Jackets fan
16:47 FIVE IV update and Backstage Pass
#VanHalen #RockMusic #MusicianLife
29 Sept 2026
The Work Is Working | The Chronicles of Shred S2E4
Six weeks of consistency, a studio setup finally coming together, progress in the gym, and a reminder that sometimes the boring work really does start to pay off.
This week on The Chronicles of Shred, I’m talking about what happens when the little things start stacking up and the rebuild starts feeling real.
#Podcast #MusicianLife #CreativeJourney #MusicPodcast #HomeStudio #FitnessJourney #Consistency #BehindTheScenes
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