Hey guys!

Holy smokes...it's definitely been a minute...I think I've got to start by giving Tom Fulp a huge shoutout for helping me finally get logged back into my NG account!

I hope everyone is off to a great start to their new year...I just want to let you all know that I've definitely been thinking of you guys lately. If anyone has not been caught up on current events, I had made a community post on my Youtube page about a year ago, lending clarity and closure to my whereabouts over the past 9 years. In short, I had been spending a lot of time working in accounting and finance, but by the end of 2021, I was finally able to pay off my student load debt. This then allowed me to jump careers by summer of 2022 and I moved down to Austin, TX to become a pitmaster in BBQ. I've now been in this field for 2.5 years and still absolutely loving it!

9 years certainly flew by with lots of things accomplished and lessons learned in life. And I hope you have all experienced your own levels of fulfillment, success, and growth as well!

However, lately the urge to return to music has been tugging at me more than ever...

For those of you who have been waiting almost a decade at this point, I am endlessly grateful for your patience and support. I read your notes and comments quite frequently and they always give me spirts of hope and motivation that my involvement with music WILL continue.

I suppose I'm also fortunate to have teammates in BBQ as well as friends online who are also passionate musicians. Being around others who love creating music everyday is honestly contagious and inspirational, which ultimately makes me yearn to scratch that itch once again.

With 2025 ahead of us, I do have plans to finally purchase a new laptop to produce on in the near future. Something that is a little more future proof and will last at least the next decade. Once that step is complete, there's still the data transferring, repurchasing of the software, relearning, etc... to take care of. So I cant make any concrete promises of when a full return will happen just yet. But I do hope to at least lend reassurance that things are already starting to slowly move forward.

That said, please continue to take care of yourselves and enjoy life! ❤️

Thanks again for everything guys! Until next time,

p.s. I did make this new IG to try to keep up with the times. I know...I'm gettin' old haha! But if I do start working on new projects and WIPs, I'll probably try to share them as stories/reels here, just for fun!

Rukkus Instagram