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and check out Vermont. So, we did—and immediately fell in love with it. It was just one of that kind of crazy life moments where it just made sense to make a massive change and almost embrace the polar opposite of what we were living through in L.A. And we love L.A. It wasn’t a total, ‘we hate L.A. we gotta get out’ type thing. It was just it felt like, okay well we’ve been here quite a long time and it would be really fun to go and do something else. We moved here in the summer of 2016. We bought a house, we renovated it, and enlarged it. I built an office, and I continue to work in music. I love being based here.” Are you a music maker? On American Idol “When I was running music for American Idol, we had quite a big team of people, because it was a big machine to run. So, we had a really good, handpicked team of people who ranged from quite experienced right down to very inexperienced, but they had the right personalities and the right skill sets and the right, more than anything for me, kind of moral compass as well. I think one of the things I’m most happy about with that era of my life and career was that we created a very loyal, committed, strong team of people that really had each other’s backs. Hugely. It was a really rewarding part of my life.” Tell us about you and your music. oldmillroadrecording.com BLUE DORSETRISINGBAKERY&CAFE www.dorsetrising.com 802-867-7021 BREAKFAST&LUNCHDAILY•CAPPUCCINOBAR•PASTRY•SPECIALTYCAKES manchester life magazine 2019 53