He became connected with Reach Records in 2010. “They [Reach Records] decided they wanted to add a different element for one of the Unashamed Tours. Sho Baraka was on the label then and was good friends with a good friend of mine. Connect the dots and it ended up coming to me.” When he called them, he checked them out, and admittedly, “I didn’t know anything about Reach at that time, honestly. I didn’t know anything about Lecrae, and the guys.” One thing that interested him in the job was the community of it.
“[They were] really good, solid guys that I could learn and grow from… It was a great opportunity so I did it. I haven’t gone anywhere since and I don’t plan on going anywhere. There is a great group of people [at Reach Records]”
When asked about favorite tour memories, he said
“Its all been good. That’s the best thing about it.”
One of his favorite tours has been the Rock the Bells Tour that he went on with Lecrae in 2013. “It was one of our first times going into a total secular environment where you’re the opposite and everybody is looking at you like ‘Oh, that’s the Christian boy.’ Everybody is smoking weed and drinking and its cool because we got the chance to develop some really good relationships with people and they got a chance to see us, not as the judge mental, point-your-fingers, stiff-necked [Christians], but they say us extend grace, like ‘Ah man, you’re cool.’” He says that moments like that were his fondest because “we’re at work and doing what we’re called to do.”
When he is not on tour, he runs the Music Life Studio with his wife offering music lessons for instruments as well as vocals. “We are trying to keep music education alive since they are killing a lot of it in the schools.” He also wants to help those with musical abilities with no financial abilities to pay for training. “We definitely want to expand one day and are looking to expand in the not for profit area to really give music education to the kids who can’t afford it. That’s my passion… I want to figure out a way to reach kids who can’t afford lessons. Those are the ones who a lot of times are the most talented; they have the passion for it but don’t have the resources.”
