The first time I truly understood Pink Floyd's timeless masterpiece Dark Side Of The Moon, I was 14 years old lying on the floor of my friends apartment, staring at the ceiling, high out of my mind. I can't recall exactly what kind of weed I smoked, or how much I consumed, but reminiscing on my adolescence in the late 90's and early 2000's, it was likely mid-grade garbage out of a plastic bong. The why or how I got there was inconsequential, I was there. I had heard the album before, but never like this. The music consumed me in ways I never knew were possible until that moment.

Life was never the same.

20 years later, my relationship with both music and marijuana has matured, and evolved (I no longer smoke mids out of a plastic bong, thank God). Although far removed from the hotboxed tool-sheds of my youth, those early days of realizing how marijuana and music belong together still influence my life today. I am professionally employed in the legal cannabis industry, and have been actively writing, releasing, and performing music since age 16. And despite my oft love-hate relationship with both career paths (I quit smoking weed for two years recently, and being a musician is damn-near impossible), I wouldn't change a thing. I owe it all to music and marijuana. Read more.