Why I Love Second Summit

I really love the vibe at Second Summit Cider.

There’s something easy and welcoming about it. The Millcreek air, people showing up ready to play pickleball, good conversation, and music floating through the space... it…

There is a specific kind of magic that happens when the right song meets the right moment. I’ve seen it happen in crowded ballrooms and in quiet mountain meadows alike. It’s that split second where the air seems to change,…

The studio air in 2003 felt electric... part ambition, part family history, part the quiet weight of knowing we were trying to capture something that mattered. As a solo acoustic musician, I spend most of my weekends in the…

Picture this: A group of weary executives and high-performers from across the country touches down in Utah. They’ve spent the day navigating airports, catching shuttles to Park City, and checking into their rooms. Now, it’s 6:00 PM. They walk into…

A particular kind of silence often follows a life-shattering event. It’s not the peaceful silence of a snowy morning in the mountains; it’s a heavy, ringing silence that sits in the back of your throat. In 2015, that silence became…

Maturing sometimes brings a magic that happens when you realize your heroes are humans: not because it diminishes their stature, but because it elevates the craft. For me, that realization came through the music and the presence of Tony Lucca.

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There is an eerie quiet that only comes with a mid-May storm in the Wasatch Mountains. It’s a heavy, dampened quiet that feels completely out of place when the calendar says spring should be settled in. What made it even…

Serendipity is one of those words that feels like a melody before you even put it to music. It’s a word that rolls off the tongue with a certain grace: a "mouth-feel" word, as some of my fellow songwriters might…

Sunday mornings often feel a little extra magical. The world seems to exhale, the pace slows, and if you’re lucky, the light hits the floorboards just right. This is usually when I find myself gravitating toward the music that does…

Every song has a spark, right? A moment where a melody hits you, or a lyric starts humming in the back of your mind until you finally have to sit down and get it out. But some songs... man, some…