Andrew McMahon

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And I'm Andrew.

And I'm Andrew.

That's me. Welcome. Yeah, I'm glad to be here.

That's me. Welcome. Yeah, I'm glad to be here.

Thanks for having me.

Thanks for having me.

It's like such a cool place to be. I'm honored.

It's like such a cool place to be. I'm honored.

I mean, it's going to get heavy really quick. We had like a loss in our family. My uncle passed away. And right around that same time, I had a friend's dad teach me how to play a Jerry Lee Lewis song on the piano. And I'd never, I mean, I had piano lessons a little bit as a kid, but... I took the chord that he taught me and all of a sudden just started writing songs.

I mean, it's going to get heavy really quick. We had like a loss in our family. My uncle passed away. And right around that same time, I had a friend's dad teach me how to play a Jerry Lee Lewis song on the piano. And I'd never, I mean, I had piano lessons a little bit as a kid, but... I took the chord that he taught me and all of a sudden just started writing songs.

And that was kind of how I processed my grief from losing my uncle. And that was it for me. I was like, this is the thing. You know, like writing songs became my whole, like I would come home from school and I would just sit at the piano until I was told I had to go to sleep or do something for school or whatever. I love that. And it's been that way ever since.

And that was kind of how I processed my grief from losing my uncle. And that was it for me. I was like, this is the thing. You know, like writing songs became my whole, like I would come home from school and I would just sit at the piano until I was told I had to go to sleep or do something for school or whatever. I love that. And it's been that way ever since.

Yeah, I mean, I think when you're nine, it's like a whole other... Everything is so much easier. Yeah, you have that whole sort of neuroplasticity or whatever. And I really liked it, right? So it wasn't like... I didn't start going to piano lessons until like maybe a year or two after that. And so for me, it was just like constant discovery.

Yeah, I mean, I think when you're nine, it's like a whole other... Everything is so much easier. Yeah, you have that whole sort of neuroplasticity or whatever. And I really liked it, right? So it wasn't like... I didn't start going to piano lessons until like maybe a year or two after that. And so for me, it was just like constant discovery.

And like you said, it was a way to process my world, you know? So I just... I think I blew past the it's hard part until I got into like having to study classical music. And then it was like, this sucks. Yeah, this is hard. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I wasn't a great student, but I sort of did what I had to to learn how to navigate the piano and read and do all that stuff.

And like you said, it was a way to process my world, you know? So I just... I think I blew past the it's hard part until I got into like having to study classical music. And then it was like, this sucks. Yeah, this is hard. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I wasn't a great student, but I sort of did what I had to to learn how to navigate the piano and read and do all that stuff.

But it was always just like a safe haven for me.

But it was always just like a safe haven for me.