music sales has fallen to less than half of what it was a decade ago-from $14.6 billion in 1999 to $6.3 billion last year-and even touring income, which rose for most of that period, has taken a hit from the bad economy. Music is now his day job and his night job too, though it’s far from the best time to get into the business. In May he had to give up his day job, as an assistant retail manager for Threadless, because his schedule was taking him away from Chicago too often. If you put out that much music with that many different people in that short a time, it seems, an audience will find you.įor the past seven months Weiss has spent at least half his time on the road as Into It. But this year alone he’s released five split seven-inches with five different collaborators for a project he calls Twelve Towns he’s written and recorded five songs with a new side project called Stay Ahead of the Weather, where he sings and plays guitar and he’s written and recorded five more songs, specifically about his life in Chicago, for IIOI/KOJI (No Sleep), a brand-new split album with one of his frequent touring buddies, Pennsylvania-based Hawaiian singer-songwriter Koji. Best of Chicago 2022: Sports & RecreationĮvan Thomas Weiss doesn’t exactly have a lot of name recognition-the 26-year-old emo troubadour, who plays a mix of singer-songwriter ballads and heavy pop-punk tunes, does most of his recording as Into It.Click here to join the Reader Membership Community today! Close
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