My name is Kyle Williams.

I’m a father, partner, and for the last 10+ years I’ve been pursuing a career as a musician.

For the last 5+ it had been my full time job… until covid.

Spending the last year almost completely unemployed, while also navigating solo parenting half of the time proved incredibly difficult, all the more so as pandemic relief programs started ending. Even with regulations lifting, there just hasn’t been enough work, and I can’t travel as much for more work because I need to be here for my kiddos. All of this has led to thing looking pretty grim financially, which has also effected my mental health in a huge way.

I’ve come to the heavy realization that I can no longer sustain music as a career while also being the kind of parent I want to be.

I have decided to pursue a career as a massage therapist, which I’ll use as a flexible but stable job while I begin school for psychology.

With things getting tighter and tighter over the last few months I’ve found myself in a pretty dire situation financially, so I’m reaching out to my friends, family, and, community for help. I need to figure out how to raise over $8,000 for massage school which starts Jan 3rd, but I also have to figure out how to survive and pay my bills while attending the five month program... and if possible, also be able to do a little bit of Christmas for my kids.

I feel awful reaching out like this, but I’m not sure how else to get out of this hole and up this mountain.

Any amount of donation helps and is deeply, deeply appreciated, but I’m also more than willing to offer my services in appreciation (pre-pay for a massage, free downloads of new songs as I’m able to release them, etc).

This transition is an enormous change for me, and it feels slightly more bitter than sweet… I will continue to make music and perform where and when I can, and I am so grateful to have you amazing humans along with me on this journey.

Thank you in advance, and I love you.