Devour Music

Watch the official music video for PSYCHOSIS over on Rob's channel!

It's also available for streaming on all platforms:

• Apple Music: https://apple.co/3yL26OL
• Rob's YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@robscallon

This song has been a long time in the making! This is the 'drum play-through' version of the actual tracking, but the song itself was always intended to be used for some content with Rob (so definitely check out that music video link towards the top...!).

Rob first reached out to me ages ago... I can't remember exactly when. I guess I must've written/recorded this in late 2021 or early 2022 (...I think?). Maybe earlier.

Then, sometime in 2022, I flew out to Chicago to film a variety of videos with him.

I had an absolute blast with Rob. I stayed at his place during the trip, & both he & his partner Tamara were so incredibly kind & hospitable. Getting to know him in real life has turned into a lovely friendship, & I'm so glad that I got the opportunity to work with him.

Little backstory while I'm at it: A year-or-so after I had filmed in Chicago with him, there was still no word about the videos. I finally sent Rob a message & just said (paraphrasing here): "Hey dude, since I haven't heard much about the videos, I just wanted to let you know that if there's any reason they didn't turn out to your liking & you don't want to use them, please don't feel like you can't tell me! I had a great time with you regardless, & was just happy to work with you in general!"... (that's the gist of what I said, at least).

Well, long story short, that wasn't the case at all. LOL! If you follow Rob, he recently did a video talking about his Bipolar 1 diagnosis.

In fact, this song is kind of based on some of that (hence the title!). It wasn't at all that he didn't want to use the footage/material, he was just going through some serious mental health stuff.

As someone who also deals with some mental health issues, Rob talking about this stuff so openly online was quite meaningful to me. In fact, the week that he uploaded that video about his diagnosis, I had just undergone fairly traumatic myself (this was quite recently, actually).

I was completely dysregulated & quite a wreck (honestly, I'm still dealing with the mental fallout, but I have since improved a bit). At any rate: One thing I had been doing to try & keep from totally falling apart was just going to the gym & walking several miles on a treadmill everyday.

Not running, not lifting - just walking. For a long time. It was a relatively easy way to clear my head and get some exercise.

I will finish by thanking Declan White for the drum mix, Rob Ruccia for the overall mix, and Jake Jarvi & Teagan for all video work! Ya'll RULE!

Thanks for watching & stay tuned for more!