Songs of a Re-Wired Man
Songs of a Re-Wired Man
"I wrote Songs of a Re-Wired Man because the pandemic hit me hard, stripping away my routines and forcing me into an isolation that brought a lot to the surface. I was going through a really tough time, and these songs became my way of processing it all, a raw, honest self-assessment in musical form. It was through writing them that I finally began the road to self-healing and growth, which ultimately led to my AuDHD diagnosis. This show is my journey, and hopefully, yours, into embracing a mind that was always custom-built, never broken."
The story follows Jamal, a Black, queer, and neurodivergent individual, as he navigates a digital self-assessment that initially exacerbates his anxiety, executive dysfunction, and feelings of social alienation. While Act I focuses on his struggle to manage digital noise and the exhaustion of masking his authentic self, Act II marks a transformative shift toward empowerment as he reframes his neurodivergence through an Afrofuturist lens. By visualizing his mind as a dynamic, "custom-built" neural network rather than a broken system, Jamal rejects toxic online influences, embraces his musical influences and special interests as his "source code," and ultimately claims agency as the "coder of his soul" who is ready to write his own narrative.
Demo Recording