"And this... is where the magic happens"

Over the following days leading up to the Man On Wire release on April 18th, I’m gonna give a bit of background info for each track on the album. I always like to hear the behind the scenes story about how a song or album came about, so I thought I’d do the same for you guys. Keep hitting the page each day for a new update.

"Fuck the police."

To start us off I thought I’d give some insight as to why I chose the title. Its derived from an excellent documentary that I saw a few years ago with the same name, about the French tightrope walker Philippe Petit. He was famous for doing a high-wire routine between the World Trade Center towers in the 70′s.

The main word I wanted to convey in naming the album was balance. Thats an aspect of this albums sound that I’m proud of. I think it has a good proportion between the different styles of music I like, and the type of songs I think are my strengths at making. Balance also had to do with just life in general. Whether it be juggling time and effort between your relationships, money, work, partying, or whatever, at 27 years old it was something I was trying to get a grasp on during the making of this album.

The other reason I thought the film’s title worked was in a more metaphorical sense, thinking of parallels between a Trapeze Artist and a Rapper. Sometimes thats what it feels like being a musician. Your up there putting on this show and its thrilling for the most  part, but your always weary that a few slight mistakes and that could be the end of that. I also really respected Petit’s passion for his art. In the film you see he just has a desire to show his skills to world, and as he conquers each goal he strives to do it bigger and better, by any means necessary. I think thats the kind of mindset you need to have to succeed in any profession.