WHAT IS "OFF THE RECORD"
Everyone’s got a story they haven’t told.
Maybe it’s too painful. Maybe too personal.
Maybe it just never had the right place to be heard.
This is that place.
I’m choosing 4 real stories to turn into custom-written songs — and yours could be one of them.
THE CATEGORIES
LOVE STORY
Every love story is different. Some are slow burns. Some are spark-and-flame.
Some started with a first kiss. Others started in a hospital room, a grocery store, or a second chance.
If you’ve got a story about love — first love, lost love, the one you chose again and again — I want to turn it into a song.
EMERGENCY SERVICES
If you’ve ever worn the uniform — fire, EMS, dispatch, police — then you’ve lived moments most people will never understand.
This edition of Off The Record is dedicated to the stories from the front lines.
The call that stuck with you. The shift that changed you. The silence after the sirens.
Let’s turn your experience into a song that speaks for the ones who’ve lived it.
MILITARY VETERAN
You served. You came home. And maybe part of your story didn’t.
This is a chance to turn part of that journey — whatever it looks like — into something lasting.
A moment from deployment. The bond of a unit. The transition back to civilian life.
One story. One song. One veteran.
SURVIVOR
Some stories are heavy — but they still deserve to be heard.
If you’ve lived through something — mental health, addiction, loss, trauma — and you’re still standing, this is for you.
You don’t have to be healed. You don’t have to be perfect. You just have to be honest.
One story from a survivor will be chosen to be turned into a song. Is it yours?
HOW IT WORKS
Submit your story
If selected, we talk over Zoom
We co-write a song based on your truth
You get a custom-recorded track