My friend Taylor Bolding, who shoots music videos and photography, and I hit the highway on Saturday, May 9th with our first destination set for Scottsdale, AZ. We stayed at my Aunt Sheri and Uncle Bobby’s house for a week before driving to Hollywood where we would meet up with Tony Payne. I needed a week in Arizona prior to the session to clear my head. Typically, when I do try to relax and turn off my mind – that is when I write songs…. The second evening in Scottsdale I wrote a song called “Never The Same”, then recorded the demo the following afternoon. Something about the view from Aunt Sheri’s back porch inspires me…. I pray that the inspiration never leaves. For some reason, when I’m in Arizona I always wake up early. Usually around six or six thirty in the morning I’ll go sit in the hot tub and think. I thought a lot about what my time in Hollywood would be like….