“The new record is called ‘Starting Over’ for a reason,” says Halter. “I wanted the title to be direct, simple, and set the tone for the album. In this past year, I experienced the unraveling of my marriage and the birth of my first son. It was during this year that I wrote the material for the new record and performed over 150 shows.”
Despite an emotionally-grueling year, Halter finds himself happy to be starting over. “Happiness doesn’t come from the outside. It has to come from your own acceptance of the present moment. I feel, in a strange way, more at peace for having gone through everything because it has helped me learn some things and understand some things that I needed to learn.” And he’s equally pleased to be sharing this with his ever-growing fanbase. “Music is a conversation between the writer/singer and the listener. I write music for myself, and also for others, so that someone might come up to me in a club after a show and tell me that I’m singing about their life. Call it a distraction or a remedy or catharsis, but there is something very healing about music. Whether you’re making or listening to it, it has a way of washing over you, making things alright.”
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