Welcome to the Consumed Official page! I hope and pray you feel a small amount of the excitement I have for this moment in my life and the passion I have for this single.  Consumed is a song I originally wrote on day 290 of 366in366 when I wrote, recorded and posted a song a day, every single day in 2020. 

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The song took less than an hour to write and record. It was one of those special moments when you simply give birth to something and you hear it for the first time when it has been recorded and finished. You have no idea where it comes from but this one which is the case with all of these types of songs, insists to get out and be heard.

Consumed is about  my tumultuous relationship with my long-time “friend”, alcohol.  It is a confession. It's a song that covers a moment like many in my life when I keep getting back together with something I repeatedly break up with. My history is one of constant set-back's, wagon falls, rehab, meetings, interventions and month's of sporadic self-imposed dry spells. I've never been arrested for D.U.I. and never lost a job because of it and quite honestly, I like drinking or wouldn't do it.  In my line of work it is commonplace to have anxiety, depression and substance abuse and I experience all three. I took my first Lude with Eric More while opening up for the Godz when I was 16 and my first beer while practicing with my first band at 15. We were running with other band members that were in their 20's and 30's while we were still in high school and I think they all loved taking us under their wings and showing us the not so good things of being in a rock band. The "Cats" showed me the ropes that I would be tied up with for the rest of my life.  With the help of my closest friends and family I will get to a cruising altitude that is not so harmful but it's a challenge and for all of you that suffer from the same illnesses, I want you to know that I understand completely the struggles you go through on a daily basis and if I can be there for you in any way, I will. 

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I've lost countless friends to alcohol abuse and in 2022, we lost my wife's brother to complications from years of alcohol abuse. I do know there are levels and I hope and pray I never get to that one. 

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With April being Alcohol Awareness Month, I wanted to do something special for it. Maybe for May, I'll do something even more special for it. For me to not be "Consumed with consuming..." would be a start.