Eon ReZ
Eon ReZ takes us into the ReZ Universe, where music, consciousness, speculative physics, and storytelling intertwine. We explore the origins of “Strings of Connection” and the ideas behind this expanding creative world.
1. “Strings of Connection” was the first song that sparked the ideas, sound and philosophy behind what eventually became the ReZ Universe. When you originally created the track, did you already sense that it could become the starting point for something much larger than a single song?
I honestly had no idea what kind of ride I was about to take.
I had always sensed some underlying connection—to people, to the world around us, maybe even to something larger than we normally acknowledge. I felt there was more to existence than what we see on the surface.
“Strings of Connection” opened a door.
What was on the other side wasn’t another song. It was this enormous flow of thoughts, questions and connections. One idea led to another, then another, and suddenly I was following strings in every direction.
I didn’t know I was creating a universe.
I was just curious enough to walk through the door.
2. Central to the song is the concept of “the hum,” an underlying connection between people, matter and the universe expressed through vibration, energy, memory and shared experience. How did this idea first emerge for you, and how has your understanding of it evolved since writing the song?
It started as more of a feeling than an idea.
Many years ago, I saw what I can only describe as a ghost.
I know how that sounds. I’ve been in over 8,000 homes as an appraiser over the years so statistically my odds of seeing a ghost are way higher than average.
But I saw something in that room that glowed, and I got out of there fast. Later, the owner and I talked about it, and he was aware that something unusual exists in that space as well. He said it was the ghost of an old see Captain from the early 1800’s. That part of the house was built in 1760.
I still can’t tell you exactly what it was. But I know I saw something.
That experience changed the way I looked at existence. It made me much more open to the possibility that reality may include things we don’t yet understand, and that frequency, vibration and energy might play a much larger role than we realize.
That curiosity eventually led me toward frequency and vibration.
Before “Strings of Connection,” I wrote an exploratory essay asking whether gravity itself might have an underlying frequency, and whether the interaction between matter and gravity could somehow reveal something about it. I’m not presenting that as established physics—it’s a question I’ve been exploring.
After “Strings,” another image emerged in my mind: a kind of cosmic lattice, with matter interacting with or loading that structure.
Then the word hum started making sense to me.
The hum became my metaphor for all of it—the frequencies we measure, the connections we feel, memory, consciousness, human relationships and the possibility that things we experience as separate may be more connected than they appear.
3. Musically, “Strings of Connection” brings together rock, soul, blues, electronic elements and gospel-inspired vocals. How did you approach combining these different influences while making sure the music still served the philosophical ideas behind the lyrics?
There really wasn’t a formula.
I played with genre combinations until something spoke to me. Rock, soul, blues, set the base and then electronic sounds, Lo-fi, dark folk, reggae, hip hop, gospel all found their way in—if something added emotion, I let it into the room.
My test is ridiculously simple.
When a version hits me and I suddenly feel like I’m in free fall—there’s this physical feeling in my chest—I know I’ve found it.
That’s when I stop analyzing.
This one’s done.
For me, the music has to make you feel the idea before you ever start thinking about what the lyric means.
4. The track appears on your second album, The Resonance of Existence, which explores questions surrounding physics, consciousness, perception and human connection. How does “Strings of Connection” fit into the wider narrative and themes of the album?
It’s the starter for all of it.
I sometimes compare it to a sourdough starter because that one little culture ended up feeding everything that came afterward.
Once I recognized this idea of an undercurrent of human connection—the hum, what I later began calling the frequency of existence—the whole world started pouring out of me.
Songs about matter, perception, consciousness, gravity, memory, empathy and connection started linking together over the next few months.
So “Strings of Connection” isn’t simply another track on The Resonance of Existence.
In many ways, it’s the song that made the album—and eventually the ReZ Universe—possible.
5. The ReZ Universe extends far beyond music, incorporating spoken word, speculative physics, cinematic visuals and serialized storytelling. What made you want to build an entire creative universe around these ideas rather than express them solely through traditional albums and songs?
The funny thing is, I never decided to build a creative universe.
Each piece just happened.
I never sat down and said, “I need another product. What should I make?”
A kernel of an idea would pop into my head, and suddenly I’d be awake until dawn trying to see where it went.
Twilight became incredibly productive for me. The world gets quiet, distractions disappear, and my mind seems to enter this strange flow state where one idea can connect to ten others.
The songs led to ReZ.
ReZ led to essays, speculative physics, a television pilot, the Quantum Pearl Hunt, characters, jokes, stories, videos and eventually ideas for a podcast.
And here’s probably the most important part:
I made most of it to entertain myself.
I was playing.
I was following my curiosity.
Only afterward did I look around and realize I’d accidentally built a world.
6. Since launching the ReZ Universe in January 2026, you’ve built an audience of more than 480,000 subscribers and reached millions of viewers around the world, with your community becoming known as “The Glitches.” What has surprised you most about the way people have connected with this universe, and where do you hope to take Eon ReZ and The Glitches next?
First, I have to update your number!
We’re at roughly 539,000 subscribers now, and lately we’ve been averaging around 1,000 new subscribers a day. I still see 480,000 quoted around the internet, but this thing keeps moving.
The biggest surprise has been that people found my signal at all.
We reached our first 100,000 subscribers in only 53 days. I was stunned.
Think about how strange that is.
An idea forms inside one person’s head. You turn it into words, music and images. You put it onto the internet. Then somehow it travels across the planet and reaches another human being who you’ve never met—and they feel something.
That still amazes me.
In the language of the ReZ Universe, I’d say we found resonance.
And somehow the signal keeps spreading.
Next up is the ReZology album, planned for late October or early November. That’s another evolution of the sound and the ideas.
I’m also developing a proposed podcast called AI: The Center of the Storm, looking at AI in our lives and especially in entertainment and music.
Part of that story is very personal and slightly absurd:
How did a 65-year-old retired guy playing around with AI and making songs suddenly find himself standing in the middle of one of the biggest creative, technological and legal storms of our time?
I don’t completely know.
But apparently I’m going to keep following the string and find out.
Besides, how else am I supposed to entertain myself at 3 AM on a Tuesday?