Sup yall! Welcome to my page. To start my introduction off, my name is Chris Toney. I’m 27 years old, and I’m based in the Dayton, Ohio area. I’m Catholic, I have brothers and sisters in all churches everywhere, and I believe we’re all God’s Children.

My music is a reflection of the many things that go on in my head and in my life. I’ve got so many songs and song ideas that it is sometimes hard for me to believe. I pull up song ideas sometimes from years ago that I had totally forgotten about. When I was younger I used to label myself strictly a “Christian” artist and was really adamant about going into the ministry. I was raised protestant and was very into Christian rock and rap and a lot of the “Contemporary Christian Music” genra, also known as CCM. I still listen to a lot of Christian music, although there is not really very much music on either side of the spectrum that really reflects the true inner human nature that I identify with. And that’s where I have found my calling. I want my music to represent the whole of MY human experience, even if that means that my music has some “questionable” or “ADULT” material in it. I am a human adult living a human adult life. It will eventually come out in my music. That’s the biggest reason I ended up not going in to ministry. The Church is defenitely a place that people need, and there are positions in the Church that do need to be filled by people who are able to shepherd God’s flock, but that is not for me. I want to touch the hearts and souls of real every day people living every day lives. The things I feel a need to talk about just don’t fit the church setting.

In a lot of ways I’m still defining who and what I am. In fact, I’m begining to come to the conclusion that we as beings are here on earth to learn and grow, to expand, so that we’ll be prepared for the REAL task that we were meant for AFTER this life. I just can’t get away from the feeling that we’re supposed to be growing mentally for some reason. Everything in life seems to be about upward progress to me. I believe that the moment we decide to stay where we are and stop learning, growing, or expanding, that is when we stop really living. I believe life is a never ending road. I see sort of an analogy here. I’ve learned not to write off my friends because every time I’ve tried to find replacements, it seems they either have the same problems or WORSE ones! LOL. A young man of about 60 years old told me around the end of 2008 that friends are opportunities. He said, “Don’t try to rush things, or write people off just because things aren’t going the way you want them to. Things will become what they’re meant to be.” You can’t manufacture your relationships, and you can’t manufacture true art. This is one of the problems I’ve had with both maintream AND Christian music. Mainstream music is so commercial that you can’t really see a soul in it some times, and Christian music is so 2-dimensional that is has no humanity to it. I want my art to exhibit my unbridled honest humanity, just like my life does. I am a flesh and blood young man of the earth and I no longer see my mistakes as sores to cover. They have helped me get to where I am, so I wear them as badges of honor. So as I grow, my music will grow. As I face myself and learn new things, my music will undoubtedly reflect the things I face and learn about. I hope you like what you hear on my page. Peace be with you :-)

May the Master draw you near