If you're looking to make a basic living selling and playing your music, the Internet is all you really need.

The potential success that could come with signing with a major label didn't quite outweigh how important it was for me to make my music the way I knew it needed to be made.

In college, I faced an interesting problem. I wanted to play music all the time and yet I wasn't ready for anyone to hear it. To remedy this, I took to retreating to stairwells as a safe place to sing and write music. It was there that I wrote most of my songs in college and really grew into an artist.

Not only am I putting music out there, I'm giving part of myself away.

I want to encourage people to make healthy life choices, whether it's training for a half-marathon, or eating more vegetables.

I'm really into good nutrition and keeping healthy! That said, I'm also addicted to candy - It's my biggest weakness.