We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Christopher Schumacher . We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Christopher below.
Christopher , thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. We’d love to hear the backstory behind a risk you’ve taken – whether big or small, walk us through what it was like and how it ultimately turned out.
I don’t really have a specific example of taking a risk other than just pursuing creative endeavors in general. There’s a Hunter Thompson letter that says it better than I can, but the idea of taking a risk to achieve something you feel called to do rather than just swimming with the current is something that takes courage. I’ve taken chances, lived without certain luxuries and structured my life in a way that’s conducive to the possibility of making music a career with very little promise in the long run. Currently, I’m right in the middle of riding the wave so it’s hard to determine where it’ll take me, but I’ve already been awarded some pretty cool opportunities, met some great people and have lived a little more than the average person through it all
Christopher , love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?
So.. I have always been around music, art and skateboarding and got my first bass guitar in fourth grade.. it didn’t take right then, but I’ve known I wanted to be involved in the things I mentioned since I can remember. Some of my early memories are skating, hopping fences and going to garage and basement shows that my friends bands would put on since they were a little older than me. There were different styles of music around but most of the shows I started going to were punk bands.
Even though I’m from a small town, we actually had a decent little music scene and since it’s a small town it was pretty tight knit. A lot of the shows were punk shows, but there was other stuff too.. but I was really attracted to the ethics of punks.
Now that I’m older and have a bit more experience and reach I still try to maintain some of those ethics. I always look for opportunities to build a creative community by booking collaborative events and cross promoting with musicians as well as visual artists.. I figure the more we can do together, the less we have to look externally for someone or something to make shit happen
What do you think is the goal or mission that drives your creative journey?
A really big part of the reason for me doing what I do is just to try to show other people that it’s possible. I need to get better at expressing it though. I’m not the most naturally gifted musician, or especially singer, but I’ve put a lot of time into it and continue to every day. The main reason I’ve gotten anywhere with it is my drive. I always say that I have enough drive to make up for my lack of natural talent, so if I can be focused and put in the time and find some level of success, anyone else can too.
Really I just want people to find their thing whatever it is. It breaks my heart to see people miserable in their careers and lives because they’re afraid of the challenge of pursuing what they actually desire, even though we are all way more capable than we give ourselves credit for.
Is there something you think non-creatives will struggle to understand about your journey as a creative? Maybe you can provide some insight – you never know who might benefit from the enlightenment.
Not necessarily just non-creatives, but even creatives that play it safe.. it’s hard to see how much work actually goes on behind the scenes. Especially in music there’s the idea that it’s just a fun and easy lifestyle, but a lot of creatives cover at least two or three peoples jobs between booking, promotion and finally the actual performance. There are levels to what I’m saying, and some people struggle for years while others catch an early break.. but it’s not about the work if you are enjoying what you’re doing. Most moderately successful musicians I know have worked hard to gain their traction, but it’s because they actually love what they do.. which is rare in most lines of work. 
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Maximillian Menacher Jake Peterson Jake Flodquist Micheal Capel