Jason Hoard: Funny enough our friendship formed in June of 2024, but even from the first FaceTime on my iPhone 11, we just hit it off. Completing each other's musical sentences. I knew it would work with Mathew's love of guitar driven melodies. Right away we went in the studio and started creating.

Mathew Mossburg: I was very excited to meet Jason; I had been praying to find a producer and when Mack (Brock) introduced us I was over the moon (and a little nervous) when I found out all the artists he had worked with. He is also an incredible musician. But when we met in person I felt like I had known him my whole life. The first time we went into the studio we spent the first hour talking, praying and having an impromptu worship time. I love him like a brother, and we are so musically compatible that it is definitely the Lord's hand in all of this.

Jason: For me, Tom Petty is my mainstream influence, and in the CCM world I really love Josh Baldwin, Kristian Stanfill and Mack Brock. And of course my friend Mac Powell.

Mathew: I am very fortunate that my mom used to take my brothers and me to Christian concerts back in the 70s. As a little kid I've seen Second Chapter of Acts more times than I can remember, Keith Green, early DeGarmo & Key and others. In 1982 I was introduced to The Resurrection Band and that was it! As a songwriter, I can't point necessarily to specific influences, but a wide range of music that I need to feel, if that makes sense. Some of my favorite songwriters are Jackson Browne, Bob Seger and anything by Journey. I can't speak to the 90s of CCM music, I basically spent most of that decade backsliding, addicted to drugs and alcohol and very, very angry at and far from God.

Jason: I'll defer to Matt for this one. He's the mastermind behind the melodies. He has an awesome sense of how the vocal lines work with the chord structure of the song.

Mathew: *Laughing* The funny thing is I can't sing to save my life. The last time the pastor asked me to sing at church, three people unconverted! Jason has some magical power to interpret what I'm trying to get out. I can't point to a method or technique for coming up with melodies or chord progressions, I just hear something in my head, or feel it in my gut, and try to get it on paper. I will say I've always been drawn to strong melodies and chord progressions in music. I was raised singing a lot of Hymns, my first album was Elton John's Greatest Hits and I'm a HUGE Journey fan. So Spotless, like most songs I write, just come out of something I am hearing or feeling.

Jason: We want to build our audience by the singles route for now but speaking for me I'd love for us to release a full length sometime in the New Year.

Mathew: What he said.

Jason: He is always faithful and just to lead and guide us along our walk with Him and journey through life if we listen with our heart.

Mathew: This response could take hours *laughing* or seconds. Let me just say I write songs that I need to hear; and what I need to hear daily, hourly, minute-by-minute is the Good News of the Gospel. It's certainly true for what Jason and I are doing together, but also true for every aspect of my life.

Jason: We'd love to do dates next year and are working towards that. The Celebrate Recovery crowd is especially near to our heartbeat.

Mathew: 2024 was about getting established and seeing the public's response to our music, and we plan to hit it hard after the New Year writing, recording and performing live. Our love for Celebrate Recovery is, in part, from my involvement and Jason's interaction with some of the leaders in CR.