Lots of Hope for 2026!

As John Hiatt said in his song “Learning How to Love You” [which is where Hootie & the Blowfish got the title for their major label debut], “There was a life that I was living, in some cracked rear view. Where no future was given to a heart untrue.” 2025 was a tough year for me creatively. My heart wasn’t in it. I was starting my fourth year of teaching music in my local school district to students ranging from Pre-K to high school. I knew that taking that leap might affect my creative endeavors and I wasn’t wrong. I haven’t written a song with lyrics in almost 3 years now.

I do, however, see the light. I get inspired often. It’s down to me carving out the time necessary to see it through, which is still tough. Near the end of 2025 I told my musical partner-in-crime, Doug, that I wanted to cut back on our live acoustic performances. Even my time in Star City Syndicate was feeling…cumbersome? After the first of the year, though, my depression began to lift and we started booking shows again. Star City Syndicate is celebrating 10 glorious years in 2026.

Original Common Crossing music is even moving to, well, the middle burner. We are hoping to work on some of our own tunes throughout the year and make them available on your favorite streaming services. Just because, we want to. I will attempt to record simple acoustic versions of some of my original songs that no one has even heard, just so my kids will have a record of them. I’m a grandfather now (they call me Bam Bam), so my priorities and perspectives are ever-evolving. The good news is it’s all positive. With the state that our world is in right now, I’ll take it.

Blessings to you for an amazing year in 2026. May you make all your dreams come true! Catch you on the road somewhere soon.

The past couple of years have been filled with so many things to be thankful for. My beautiful wife and I celebrated 28 years of me snoring next to her. My daughter is excelling at life in Ohio. My oldest boy got married and is going to be a Dad soon. I have a senior in high school with big plans to literally build his future. I have a sophomore who has his own business and my youngest is the bright spot that keeps my bride and I young. Or feeling old.

But as a creative, I’ve got to say it’s been rough. Sure, I’m in like 5 bands and I love them all for different reasons, but as a creator it’s been a struggle. I’ve written songs most of my life. The past 2+ years I haven’t written a word. It’s painful actually. Maybe I’m out of things to say. Maybe it’s just a phase. Hopefully, it’s just a phase. Why I’m telling you this I’m not sure. I just wanted to share what I’ve been doing to scratch that itch, as it were.

I’m a knucklehead player. Imposter syndrome runs deep in my noggin. But I can sit down at a piano and come up with a melody pretty quickly. Nothing special, but it helps me trudge through the vacancy. So I’m sharing my YouTube page, which has some of the pieces I’ve been working on, complete with photos and artwork from one of my best friends. Christopher Lawrence. One of these days I’ll put them up on some streaming platform, but for now, I hope they bring you peace.

https://www.youtube.com/@brianmoshermusic

https://brianmosher1.bandcamp.com/track/vista