Check Out Devon Santistevan’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to Devon Santistevan.

Hi Devon, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstories.
I started playing guitar in middle school, but I have been singing and writing songs since I was I very young. I had a tough time growing up and started to have thoughts of suicide around 13. When I was about 16 or 17 I decided to go to a Suicide Prevention tour hosted by Blue October in Boulder. It changed my life! Justin Furstenfeld was singing about things that I didn’t even know we were allowed to talk about. It showed me that music at the outlet for the feelings I was having and the experiences I was going through.

That’s what got me to start taking songwriting more seriously. Then some changes in my life led me to the Black Hills where I met my good friend Chris Huisenga. He would forever change the course on how I viewed my own music career. Until that point I had only written songs to work through hardships for myself and joked about not being a great musician constantly. He taught me to believe in myself and showed me that I have something big to offer through my music. I have since taken music with a serious and optimistic approach.

I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey has been a fairly smooth road?
From people who try to tear a down to stuck up musicians, there were multiple times and reasons I considered giving up music for good. It felt like no one was in my corner at times and that there wasn’t a point in creating something if there wasn’t an audience. But each time I went to hang it up, I’d get asked to do a gig somewhere, or someone would message me about how my lyrics showcased what they were going through and helped them in some way. Ultimately those things keep me creating music and finding new stories to tell.

Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
I am most proud of stepping outside my comfort zone and working with the amazing Ruthie Craft on a song called “Funeral Planning”. It’s a love song that romanticizes the afterlife and has a certain Tim Burton esq vibe to it.

I think what sets me apart from other artists is that I let the song/story tell itself without the confines of things like genre or style. I genre hop from murderfolk to alt pop to roots rock with hints of punk, blues all along the way.

We’d be interested to hear your thoughts on luck and what role, if any, you feel it’s played for you.
Whether it’s good luck or bad luck it doesn’t really matter.. what matters is where you go from there. I’ve had some bad luck along the way but I’ve also had good luck. I don’t really focus on the luck itself, I focus on the trials, accomplishments, and where I want to go next.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://linktr.ee/devonsants?utm_source=linktree_profile_share
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/devonsants?igshid=YWJhMjlhZTc=
• Facebook: https://facebook.com/devonsants
• Youtube: https://youtube.com/@devonsants
• Other: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1FmxHI2mjFVOCiLPhYvd2i?si=IjWuB_M4TJ2A–y5uxVg6g

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