What inspired you to start playing music?
What didn’t inspire me is a better question. Music has always felt innate to me, we had a piano in our living room growing up and I was always banging on that thing. My multi-focused brain has led me to play over 10 instruments in my lifetime. I don’t remember a time that I wasn’t singing, I have echolalia (a fixation on repeating phrases or melodies over and over again vocally) so I just never really stop. I hear music everywhere I go, birdsong, the rhythm of traffic, the hum of an air conditioner. We’re surrounded by it!
Who are some of your musical inspirations?
I know it’s vague and cheesy to say everything once again, but it’s truly how I feel – my earliest memories are around our local Great Oldies station, thinking Mamas and the Papas, The Beatles, Beach Boys, Elton John, Queen, just all of the greats! In high school I got fixated on the Great American Songbook and trip hop with a dash of emo punk. There’s no genre I can’t find something I like in. Every artist, genre, and era is a different time machine or vessel to jump in and find a new feeling or vibe in. If I resonate with a lyric or just a damn good hook, I’m in.
What was the injury that brought you to MTF, and how did the injury affect your music?
After about 5 years of playing the guitar live in Austin, I started having chronic neck and shoulder pain. It meant I couldn’t play those long three-hour brewery gigs that was my bread and butter at the time. As a musician, it’s always a hustle between your music gigs and side gigs but this pain was cutting me out of both for a while. I was unemployed for a time and searching for work that could accommodate what I thought would be my new normal.
What was your experience with receiving care through MTF and your recovery afterward?
Through MTF, I was able to actually afford seeing an experienced orthopedist and then a physical therapist who taught me all the nifty tips and tricks that make playing music for hours at a time more sustainable. Proper alignment and care, exercises to address the areas weakened by overuse, and how to supplement with opposing muscles. I was able to recover much more quickly because I received this care!
What’s coming up for you?
I just released a punchy burnout anthem “The Light” on July 29th and my next show’s at CBoy’s with fellow badasses Next of Kin on September 6th. Album incoming 2026!
Where can people find out more about you and your music?
I’m @somebodysomeonemusic on all socials and you can find me on your favorite streaming platforms under Somebody Someone.
*Photos by Delaney Gibson Moon / IG @delaneygibsonmoon
