The Traveler's New Vinyl Record: 2025

I'm a teenage artist from Boise, ID. I'm currently on a journey to find meaning, balance, and self-improvement. I started out in music during the COVID pandemic when I heard a song from a TV I was watching. After I finally figured out what the song was, I tried to learn it on the piano, drawing piano graphs on a piece of paper just so I could remember what sequence to play what notes. Driven by this sudden love for music, I joined my middle school orchestra where I picked up guitar. I learned how to compose and orchestrate music using Musescore and had the chance to perform a couple of my songs throughout 8th grade, Including a piece at the West Ada Middle School Orchestra Festival. Later I would then experiment with Neo-Classical realm that lead to my debut album, A Day to Ourselves.

In high school, I adopted the persona of The Traveler, grappling with self-doubt and a sense of being lost—feelings that grouped together with a personal event causing me pain. Music saved me in a way, guiding me through dark times and ultimately inspiring the second album, Risking My Life, For The Sake of My Life. The search for equilibrium continued with the release of my EP, Balance. Now, I’m working on a new project that explores the direction I want to take, offering a glimpse into my life story through an ethereal, folk-inspired lens. I hope to continue creating and sharing my music, always open to new visions and possibilities.

Hello! My name is Collin Lyles. I'm a teenage, self-taught musician who goes by The Traveler. You can find my music on all streaming platforms. I'm currently working on another project, a new alternative folk record about the road to find a new self, breaking free from the past. I hope to make vinyls for them but I face one problem, which is funding :(

It's gonna cost me a little over $3,000 to press 100 records. The reason they are so expensive is because the length of the album requires 2 vinyls per record, meaning 1 package contains two discs. There will also be CDs for these records which I can and likely will absolutely cover. My main struggle currently is just the vinyls but I really hope to make them become real.

This definitely isn't something I really need but it has been a huge dream of mine for years. If there is anything you would like to offer, that would mean the world to me.