To The Stars We Return

This has to be the longest I've gone without making music. After my mom's passing I had to step away from it for a bit.

My mom loved my music, and while she was in her coma, the nurses would put my albums on for her in case she could hear it. A lot of my music these days are connected to those moments, and it's been very hard for me to find that passion to start writing again.

Grief is a very hard thing to navigate. Sometimes you feel ok and others completely overwhelmed. My mind has been a bit to scattered to really focus, and my heart just hasn't been in it.

I've always promised myself I would only make music when that love and passion is there. For the last 6 months, it hasn't been.

I've really enjoyed listening to music, and finding an escape in that, but the thought of creating an album seemed like such a monumental task through all of this.

Lonely Astronaut Chapter 3 was meant to be an album about endings, but that topic now hits a bit too close to home. As sad as my music my seem to some, it actually brings me a lot of joy and the sadness within it is always meant to have this underlying beauty and hope. The topic of endings for me right now, would just be dark and dreary and that's not something that makes me feel good.

I'm lucky in a sense that I don't have fans sitting around wondering where my next album is. I know that's a weird thing to say... "I don't have any fans", but even if I do, no one is sitting there upset that I haven't made another album yet. So really, there's no rush or sense of urgency.

I think the first thing I need to do is find that passion and that spark again. Once that is ignited, I can then decide how I want to move forward. My life has changed a lot since my mom died, and a lot of questions have been stirring around in my head. I guess we will see what the future holds.

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As some of you know from my personal page, my mother Patricia Sherlock Dye passed away last week after suffering a major heart attack.

She was an amazing woman and mother to me. She was also my biggest fan in life and in music.

From day 1 she supported everything I did in music. From the day my parents got me my first guitar at 14 years old, to playing small bars and clubs across Orlando, to opening for Von Kaiser in Philadelphia, to playing Neon Retro Fest in Tampa. She was at every... single... show cheering me on.

I miss her so much.

Im currently in my hometown of Virginia Beach for her funeral which is this Saturday.

If you didn't know, I recently released a song in her honor entitled "See You in Another Universe". All proceeds are going to the American Heart Association. That's 100% of the sales. Please give the song a listen and donate if you can.

Im really proud of this track and I believe it's a fitting tribute to the wonder mother she was.

https://tothestarswereturn.bandcamp.com/track/see-you-in-another-universe-2

Thank you,

See You in Another Universe, by To the Stars We Return track by To the Stars We Return

Announcement time!

It's been a long time (a year to be exact) since I released any music. Well, I figured I'd come back in a big way.
Mark your calendars for 3/21/25 as my new single featuring the brilliant Christopher J Payne aka Pyramid of Chaos will be released that day!

The song is entitled "See You in Another Universe" and the track is 7 minutes and 13 seconds long. It's an epic story of love, loss, and finding oneself again.

This song is my most personal song that I have released, and it means so much to me. Every time I hear it, it brings me to tears.
It's emotional, raw, triumphant, and just simply beautiful.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. The early responses to those I've shared the song with have been amazing, and I can't thank you enough if you listened to it and gave me your thoughts.

The rest of the world can hear "See You in Another Universe" on 3/21/25.

Until then, here's the artwork.

"See You in Another Universe" is coming along nicely.

Clocking in at 7 minutes and 12 seconds.

Its an epic and emotional journey about love, loss, and the hope of finding love once again.

Gonna go ahead and say it.

“See You in Another Universe” is going to be the most epic song I’ve ever put out.

I am in love with this track.

Sending it to Christopher J Payne tonight so he can add his parts to it.

But maaaaaaaaan I’m freakin proud of how it’s coming together!