introduction ♡

Hi! my name is jaden, but i go by jaden grave online because its my artist name. i am from indiana and i am trying to make a career out of being an independent music artist. right now all of my music is acoustic, but that has never been the plan. i always wanted to make pop punk or indie rock music, but didnt really know how to. i tried recording an album with a producer but none of the songs came out in a way that i was satisfied with, i spent like $1500 on a project that never got released lmao. i flew to PA from indianapolis and stayed for a week recording, just to never release any of the songs. besides church parking lot. i didnt want to release any acoustic music, i never wanted to be just an acoustic artist, and i still dont. but i really dont know what else to do lol. so this year i produced the midwest goodbyes EP on my own (excluding church parking lot) just to get something out and prove to myself i could do it. i also released summer without you this summer, a single i wrote about summers with my late best friend, irie. she is the reason i want to do any of this in the first place. ofcourse i always wanted to do music, but i never thought it was possible. i never knew any musicians, alot of the things i showed interest in were criticized, so i kept it to myself. i wrote my first song in the first grade, and i used to check out poetry books from the school library and read them out loud to myself in my playhouse :) i didnt learn an instrument until i was 14 and got a ukulele, then i quit when i found a guitar that used to be my sisters but she never learned. i taught myself, and wrote songs that i never showed to anyone besides irie. she died when i was 16, and i felt that, if i had to live without her i should just go for whatever makes me happy. life is too short not too, and i owe it to her to stay here knowing she spent so many of her nights convincing me that i should stay here. she gave me so much hope and support in the times that i needed, that i want to continue my life continuing that in whatever way that i can, and the only thing i really know to do is write. so i try to be as honest as possible in my songs, hoping that i can make whoever listens feel less alone. my songs are stories of my life, and even though i was terrified for years to share them, i really just want to do music, its all i really enjoy in life. i really dont care about much else besides music, self improvement, and just trying to live a fullfilling life. so for now, i am releasing acoustic music, trying to follow my passion, just trying to live and have a happy life. so if you give my music a listen and have thoughts about them id like to hear them. im trying to build some sort of a social media presence so i have a better shot of making this work out lol even though i wish i could just like play shows and write music. but i must appease capitalism and whatnot :P

anywayssss thank u for reading this ramble of an introduction, my name is jaden and i hope you have a good day :)))