For those who don’t know me, my name Is Bryan. I’m a 49 years old and I currently work as a door installer/ finish carpenter but I have been a musician most of my life. Guitar has been my biggest passion. I learned to repair guitars and other instrument after getting a degree in music and audio engineering. I have spent most of my adult life playing in bands and a little over 11 years working and touring with other bands as a guitar tech. Music has been an amazing force in my life and a vehicle for some wonderful experience. However, this last year has come with some major life changes for me. On Nov 6th of 2024 I was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer where they found cancer has spread all over my body, 3 brain tumors, one tumor around my left bronchial tube, on my spleen, in my stomach, on my ribs, on my spine and on throughout my lymph nodes. This past year I’ve been on chemotherapy, immunotherapy and radiation. Honestly I don’t believe that I would still be here if I hadn’t gone through the treatments. I have made a lot of progress and my health has slowly improved and I am feeling better than when I started this whole journey. However my treatment has taken an unexpected turn and the progress I have made over this year has stopped and have recently discovered that my cancer is coming back.
Last year I started off with 6 rounds of 2 hefty chemo drugs and 7 rounds of radiation to my brain and spine. After that initial intense phase I went to a more manageable maintenance chemo plan along side with immunotherapy. So essentially I have been going to chemo every 3 weeks for this whole last year. The first 6 rounds were definitely the toughest stretch because I had to take a week off at a time. After that, once I started my maintenance chemo, things started to feel more manageable because I was feeling better after a couple of days. Unfortunately, now that we realize my treatments are no longer working like they used to, my oncologist has taken me off of the immunotherapy and the maintenance chemo and has moved me to a more intensive 2 chemo treatment plan. Unfortunately now this mean I have to go back to taking more time off of work, every 3 week for the rest of the year. This definitely isn’t the news I wanted to hear but it’s where I’m at now and I’m having to rethink how I go about this fight. Last year when I realized what this situation might entail I cashed out my 401K and now I’m at a point where I need to figure out my next steps. Unfortunately like so many others in this country my health insurance premiums have skyrocketed. On a personal note my health insurance premiums have shot up 50% which is honestly a hefty amount. Which is why I’ve decided to started a go fund me. This isn’t my first choice by any means but right now I feel like my options are pretty limited. On a personal note, I’m really trying to take my health more seriously than I ever have because I have to. But to be honest I hate asking for help. I want to be self sufficient. I don’t want to have to rely on anyone else but I am realizing I can’t do this on my own any more. So I’ve started a go fund me not to just ask for help but to share something. Music and guitars are my passion, I’ve quietly poured my heart and soul into these 24 songs. Now even if instrumental progressive metal is not exactly your usual taste. I’d be really grateful for you to gave it a listen. So I've put down links for anyone that wants to hear what I've written over the last 8 years with no expectations. You can simply listen to my songs & download them if you choose.
Honestly, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t scared. I just feel like I’m in the fight of my life and I’m just trying to get as much attention as I can and do whatever I have to, to get through this. Also to note any funds that I receive are to get me through my chemo & help pay my medicals bills. Thank you so much & I hope you enjoy my music.
1. A Light Through the Undercurrent. (12/22)
2. Amongst the Titan. (06/18)
3. Atlas (02/22)
4. Behold a Pale Horse (09/20)
5. Catch This! (08/20)
6. Cognitive Dissonance (12/17)
7. Current Lines (07/17)
8. Down the Rabbit Hole (11/20)
9. Dunes (07/17)
10. Entangled (07/17)
11. Feet to the Ground (10/20)
12. From Thought to Action (07/20)
13. Grit (02/21)
14. Harmonic Resonance (01/20)
15. Head First into the Void (02/23)
16. Intergalactic (01/21)
17. Lost in You, Lost in Me (11/20)
18. Odd (07/18)
19. Palindrone (05/21)
20. Parallel Worlds (08/18)
21. Sky Dance (04/23)
22. The Sea Within (09/20)
23. The Start of Something New (11/18)
24. The Way Home (01/21)
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