When I moved from New Orleans to Munich, I realized that I really had to start all over. I mean I knew I was going to before leaving, but it was when I actually started living here that it struck me hard. I could no longer brush it off as something I could just deal with later.

It's a blessing really to be able to start fresh with people, sure, but also a difficult struggle at times to find new friendships and to feel that I can belong...to not feel like the foreigner, or the outsider.

Because of this, naturally I grew nostalgic. I started thinking about the people who were/are essential to me becoming who I am...

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Of course, there were countless names I could think of, but I narrowed them down to a core 12.

12 people who are absolutely essential to my daily life. 12 people I think of regularly for various different reasons. 12 people who in their own unintentional way shaped and molded me with their care, creativity, and their humility.

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I owe so much to my friends. I've decided that my goal is to make an album of dedication to these people where each song appreciates and exposes the diverse and magnificent aspects of their unique personalities. I want to pay tribute to the goodness they spread into my life, and continue to spread into the world.

A few months ago, as part of a film project, I was able to record one of the songs for the "friend album."

It's about my friend George. He is a humble, talented, open-hearted, sensitive, and silly man.

This is for him:

Me and George together:

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This was us on the radio together promoting our band Biglemoi:

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