What got you into music, and if you had not gotten into music what would you be doing today? Punk Rock. I was in high school transitioning from wanting to be a quarterback to wanting to be a singer. One day I walked into my room and found a red electric guitar on the pillow of my bed, hiding under the blanket - my father's gift. And there was a note that led me to an amp in the closet. I was shaking with joy. Me and my buddies immediately started learning AFI, MXPX, and Bad Religion. Within a few months I moved on to the Beatles and Stones and eventually traditional music. The music was a calling, listening to it affected me deeply. I felt compelled to wield that power, to affect change and to be changed, to have beauty at my fingertips, to have a healing force in my hands. Singing came naturally. By the time I was out of highschool I had a songbook in my head, playing guitar while singing was as natural as throwing a ball and my dreams were leading me anywhere but college. Dad regretted leaving a guitar on the pillow. If it weren't for music I'd still be writing poetry, prose, stories. And farming. I run a community garden in front of my house.
Interview: Charlie Treat
Interview: Charlie Treat
Interview: Charlie Treat
What got you into music, and if you had not gotten into music what would you be doing today? Punk Rock. I was in high school transitioning from wanting to be a quarterback to wanting to be a singer. One day I walked into my room and found a red electric guitar on the pillow of my bed, hiding under the blanket - my father's gift. And there was a note that led me to an amp in the closet. I was shaking with joy. Me and my buddies immediately started learning AFI, MXPX, and Bad Religion. Within a few months I moved on to the Beatles and Stones and eventually traditional music. The music was a calling, listening to it affected me deeply. I felt compelled to wield that power, to affect change and to be changed, to have beauty at my fingertips, to have a healing force in my hands. Singing came naturally. By the time I was out of highschool I had a songbook in my head, playing guitar while singing was as natural as throwing a ball and my dreams were leading me anywhere but college. Dad regretted leaving a guitar on the pillow. If it weren't for music I'd still be writing poetry, prose, stories. And farming. I run a community garden in front of my house.