After 327 days away, I'm back with a lot to share.

In January 2025 I took a full-time road gig as TobyMac's playback engineer. In the same stretch I got rid of my office and the three people who helped me run this business, all left.

Meanwhile, AI was changing how everyone learns, I was struggling with what being a creator on social media means, and re-focusing on my mission to make complex things simple.

So I started building a vibe-coded app to keep my own band organized became Pliris: upload your stems, get back song sections, key and tempo, LTC, lyrics, chords, and a downloadable Ableton set.

Overnight, it compressed five weeks of Playback Method curriculum into a single upload.

Here's my path forward, and what I'm working towards till the end of the year.

Chapters
00:00 Back after 327 days
02:21 How the TobyMac gig found me
04:09 "Prepare to be amazed"
07:27 What a road gig did to a solo business
11:15 The ChatGPT answer that was half wrong
13:46 The mission: making complex things simple
16:12 The Ableton app I never shipped
17:44 Vibe coding the Bands app
20:11 Becoming Pliris
23:07 The top secret master plan
26:08 Five weeks of curriculum in one upload
36:34 Why I went quiet: the influencer problem
42:44 1,000 members by the end of 2026
48:27 Sneak peek: the Files app

Listeners get a 14-day free trial of Pliris, which we don't offer anywhere else:
https://fromstudiotostage.com/pliris/friend

Join as an annual All Access member and I'll personally help you migrate your entire catalog — first 50 only.

Grab the free tracks template: fromstudiotostage.com/template
Read the master plan: fromstudiotostage.com/blog/the-from-studio-to-stage-secret-master-plan
More about Pliris: fromstudiotostage.com/pliris
Docs: fromstudiotostage.com/docs
The Bands app: bands.fromstudiotostage.com

Questions? support@fromstudiotostage.com or @fromstudiotostageig on Instagram.

Next week: Nate Day and Mat Landry of Eights Creative.