Thank you for having me! This is a very exciting project for everyone involved and I'm honoured people are interested in it. ~  Gavin

 It's been a long journey that's really flown by over the past 7 or so years now. I was 17 when I started my first band, DYING DESOLATION, and have been in bands back to back since.  I first discovered my passion for music at a very young age. My parents were 17 and 19 when they had me so i grew up listening to a lot of KORN, LIMP BIZKIT, AVRIL LAVIGN, and BON JOVI as influences. As I grew up I got into rap and rock groups such as EMINEM, LINKIN PARK, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, and NWA.  I would say the passion came very long before the actually talent. While I've been singing all my life and have been in bands for a bit over 7 years, id say I’ve only been singing well for maybe the past 3 or 4 years.  ~ Gavin

 The long and short of it came down to creative differences and they just wanted someone who they felt was a better performer and fit for their image of the band. The decision to pull the first album was something we had decided prior to my departure, as we felt it didn't hold up to par with our EP. I wanted to keep it as a piece of our growth and history but agreed to pulling it and re-recording selected songs later.  ~ Gavin

 It was definitely different. One big chance was going from being the oldest in the band by a couple years to being significantly the youngest. It was nice being around people who had more experience and knowledge of the music scene, however I felt a lot of the smaller fundamentals were lacking. Things like merch setups, time and band management, communication, and overall enjoyment seemed to be lacking. It felt more like a business than a band and i didn't care for certain members' egos and senses of entitlement. For the music itself and performing live, I always enjoyed it. I absolutely love playing live, interacting with crowds and audience members, and being on stage. The music was alright for me. I appreciated it for what it was, understood why people enjoyed it, but for me personally it was difficult to get into as much as i would have liked. As far as going from a frontman to a bassist, I loved being able to not have to worry about fronting a band or vocals for a while but I also felt more could have been done performance wise by the frontman and that i was tip-toeing between trying to put on the show i wanted without stepping on his toes or taking the spotlight. I understand if that comes off as egotistical or even douchey but that's genuinely how I felt. ~ Gavin

 “Little Black Book” was defeated more of a personal project. It wasn't something I ever planned to be popular and is often taken on and off steaming platforms because I don't always pay the bill to keep it on. It was really just a fun little side project I wanted to make for myself, close friends, and family to listen now and again throughout the years and hear a piece of my thoughts in that time of my life. My mind is always all over the place in types of arts, techniques, and genres. That was just the genre I wanted to play with at the time. ~ Gavin

 It's really a crazy story that I'll have to take the time to write or video record but the gist of the story is this: I was with a woman who from the moment we met had manipulated and gaslit me Into being with her. Anytime I had an opportunity that didn't involve her she talked me out of it or sabotaged the plans to fall through. She had impersonated ex’s, family members, and even higher ups in the music industry using fake profiles and phone numbers to gaslight me into loving her, “saving” her from situations that were smoke and mirrors, and trying to engrain herself in my life with a plethora of different types of contracts. The breaking point for me was when her sister was “kidnapped by drug dealers” and while she was also trying to convince me that “the house of blues manager” wanted to talk to me about a music project I had just announced. I realized that it was all one lie after another and i didn't want to be with someone who was only going to hold me back and add extreme unnecessary stress to my life. She then faked a pregnancy for 8 months. Since we were no longer living together and i refused to see or speak with her i wasn’t able to see if she was actually pregnant or not. She went through with a baby shower that had both of our friends and family attending. She wore a fake stomach showing a very large tummy until the day after the shower when she “lost” the baby suddenly, along with all of the stomach and weight.

There's a lot more to this story but that ex is and will remain unnamed by myself. The lyrics came directly from that year and a half of experiences. Cody had composed the instrumental to which I then wrote the lyrics. After rewriting the chorus in the car completely, we edited the rest of the song here and there to make everything fit nicely.  Jordan Gannon (previous drummer of DYING DESOLATION) is the one who wrote and performed the drum parts for the song. He did an absolutely killer job and we couldn't be happier with what he did. Recording with Brandon Folsom of Folsom Studios was an absolute breeze. He did so much prep for us as far as tones and channels go. We were go go once we all got together and were able to just knock the song out with no issues. Brandon got the master mix back to us in a day or two with only a couple redrafts before everything was finalized.  ~Gavin

 I enjoy various types of art on my own time. Writing, painting, dancing mostly. I workout often and cook a lot. I try to get outside as much as I can as well. My girlfriend and I go on regular dates and little trips as well. I don't live a very relaxing life but I would say it's very fulfilling and overall stress free. ~ Gavin

 Honestly, it's exhausting and stimulating. Staring at a screen, typing all the time, sifting through posts and trying to make sure you don't miss anyone sucks. However, I absolutely love meeting and talking with new people. I don't think it's the best way to get the most fans the fastest but I do believe it's the best way to get the highest quality fans. I made a lot of very genuine connections with really wonderful people who not only I care about but they care about my project as well.

I'd rather have 100 fans who interact with posts, come to shows, and bave a great time hanging out and chatting with myself and the band than 10k fans who just sit there, like, and scroll. I want to make a difference and make connections with real people around the world. I don't want my socials flooded with bots and NPCs. ~ Gavin

 Absolutely! We will be playing live shows with huge energy, possible pyrotechnics, lights, smoke machines, ect. Hopefully by next summer at the latest as we are still writing, recording, and releasing music while we seek out the final members of the rest of the band. We will definitely be doing small tours around the US and local states and would LOVE to get over to Europe when possible for us. I personally would want to tour in Australia as we already have some fans down under and I have some amazing friends down there I've been dying to meet in person! ~  Gavin

 It’s really different for each song. A lot of the songs we’ve written so far have been Cody writing guitar parts and then I write the lyrics after. For “Lipstick and Gasoline” Cody had written a guitar part to which I wrote the lyrics for, then i wrote a new chorus, then he wrote a new guitar part and we sorta kept going back and forth with these ideas until everything slowly but surely fit in place into something we’re both extremely proud of today. ~ Gavin

 Honestly at the end of the day my biggest goal is to be able to put food on the table and a roof over my head with just my music. Even bigger, I would love to be able to support my future family fully off of making music and performing. I love to entertain more than anything and to be able to do that as a sustainable career would be an absolute dream come true. I see myself getting there with this project in the next 5 years.

 Thank you again Jojo for having me. It’s always a pleasure and I hope to talk again soon! Cheers!