I took music theory in high school and dropped out halfway through the semester because it was ruining music for me.

Some people are really into being music-minded and knowing all their scales and how to read music and speak the language.

It's been nice to have a band and people I'm close to that I can get that understanding from and help me realize what I want to do in my life as a musician.

You can have the coolest job in the world, but it only seems cool until you get sick of it.

I'm not going to hide the fact that I am a happy person.

The band has always been such a huge part of my life and it kept me very busy. That, in combination with something like running a record label, just means my whole life revolves completely around metal music and I can't do that anymore.

I think it's safe to say that 50% of the record buying metal community is people between the ages of 16 and 25 - people still in their teenage-angsty, early young-adult years.