STAND UP STRAIGHT
On 3/13/20, just as the pandemic had shutdown the world, I released a song dear to my heart, Stand Up Straight. Fast forward to the summer of 2020, coming off of weeks of protesting in New York and watching the whole country rise up in defense of black lives, my wife and I went to Kansas and recorded this humble home video.
As I consider what this past year has been, I've experienced profound sadness, but also found the resolve, in many moments, to keep going. Music and art are so necessary. For everyone who has come through this past year alive and everyone we lost, I hope we keep using art as a healing practice and keep remembering to stand up.
Video shot and edited by Melissa Robles.
Filmed in Lawrence, Kansas; June 2020.