Gear sale alert! William is getting ready to move into a new studio and is selling off some studio and live gear to make room. Available are guitar amps, mics, and more. Check out his Reverb Shop for details (https://reverb.com/shop/williamfitzsimmons). Sorry, US sales only. ...

I’m not one to post food pics. But I’ve been really enjoying cooking/baking for the family during the last couple weeks. Small ways to say I love you that actually are felt. Hope y’all are starting out the new arbitrary calendar year feeling hopeful. That’s what counts. It’s hard to find it when you can’t see it. Focus on the small shit it you have to. Make somebody breakfast. Even just yourself. Then figure out the next thing. You got this. Don’t believe the lie that you don’t. ...

Some of my favorite projects ever have been doing holiday music. I hope these songs bring a little joy and light into your season. ...

It’s been a f***ing crazy couple years. 😂. Every time I think I’ve been through the wildest season of my life, the universe winds up and delivers a beautiful crotch punch for the ages. I think for the first time in my life I’ve actually started to figure out how to just lean into that unpredictability, though (Thanks anti-depressants and 3 years of therapy!). I used to resist the inability to make life do what I wanted it to it mightily. I mean like you can’t even imagine. And it just caused more tension and pain. I used to think if I fought hard enough I could actually control it. But you just can’t. People are so beautiful and so awful at the same time, aren’t they? I don’t mean that to sound harsh, I would say the exact same of myself. Beautiful, horrible creatures (don’t try to steal that for a song lyric, it’s mine). Look, I’m not saying if you just let go everything will turn out great. It might not. But somehow it will be better if you stick it out and stop trying to fit the whole future into your preconceived notion of what you think it should be. I have three beautiful children I never planned for. I never even thought I would be a dad. So I’m surrounded by people constantly saying “daddy” and asking for shit when I’m trying to work 😂. (The next person to ask me for a snack is sleeping on the roof tonight). I never thought I would have a music career. And I never thought I would literally meet the woman of my dreams in my 40s. Yeah there’s been some REALLY hard shit too. Don’t get it twisted. I’ve had my ass kicked by life pretty elegantly in seasons. I wrestle with anxiety and depression I wouldn’t wish on anyone. But as I sit feeding my new son, watching my daughters try to kill each other (but in a fun way?), and look at the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen and realize she’s my wife, how can I be anything but astounded? Not sure what my point here is. I never fucking know 😂. Maybe I’m just saying let go a tiny bit more and see all the cool shit around you. I know it’s hard. Believe me. I make some of the most depressing music ever put to tape. But I’ve never stopped hoping. (Continued in comments)… ...