Do you guys see this as a permanent thing?

That is something that we don’t really know yet. We’re just trying to play it by ear, trying to get things aligned in our own lives first. Although the Palace Theatre was a phenomenal thing for us and in ways bigger than we ever imagined we would get, and we were really grateful for it, there are ten struggles for every success that there is in a band. I definitely respect everyone that’s doing it because it’s a special thing but it’s very very difficult at points.

Was this something that everyone in the band was open and ready for?

It was kind of a split decision, but the people that wanted to keep going respected the reasons for why the others didn’t want to keep going. So, there wasn’t any arguing. It was just sort of understood at the moment it got brought up.

Formula 5’s Rock the Dock Festival is the final date on your calendar. Do you have any big plans for that one?

Yeah, we are definitely going to put a lot of work into that performance. It’s going to be very heartfelt because half of us are from Lake George, half of us are from Albany, and that festival is right on the pier of Lake George. So many of our friends and fans and family are going to be there, and we’re definitely going to try make that the highlight show in our musical career.

Have people reached out in the light of the announcement?

I know a lot of people have reached out to me specifically seeing how I was doing, just saying how much they appreciate the music, and it’s really nice to hear that. It definitely made it feel all worth it. Sometimes you’re just caught up in trying to get through the struggles of being a touring musician. And then somebody talks to you about how they felt about your music, and it just makes it feel all worth it and feel very special.

When you look back with your time with Formula 5, what do you think were the highlights for you?

For me, definitely the Palace was one of them because that is a venue that I’ve been going to my entire life. So, finally after years and years of me playing music, after ten years of using my synthesizer and me opening it in my parents’ home when I was in high school, it was just a surreal feeling to bring it to the Palace. Never thought that day would come. Another one is when we went out to Colorado for the fourth time and we sold out our show there. That was a great feeling—like, here I am 1800 miles away from home, never thought I would get this many people to listen to my music out here.

And there’s some specific jams too that I see as highlights. At Rock the Dock last year, we played our song “Nu-Gen,” and we hadn’t played it in a year or so, and jamming it just felt like we had reached a new musical idea in that jam. That always stuck out to me.

Is there anything you want to say to fans or people who are just getting turned on to your music?

I would say for everyone in the music scene if your friends or anybody is working on their craft doing something they love and care about, that you should support it now whether it’s going well or not going well because you never really know what can happen. There’s so much that gets thrown at you in life, and even if things seem to be going well for an artist, you should just support them now because you never know when their craft is going to stop.

What are the future plans for you guys?

That is something that we are trying to still figure out. I guess for the most part it would be to go back and reconnect with the people in our lives. We feel like over the past couple years we’ve been deprived of that. We’ve been away for so long.

I’m excited for it. I loved being in the band, and I’m definitely going to miss it. But I’m also excited for the kind of freedom with what I can make, what I can do in my life, where I can travel to. It is an exciting time despite being a little sad and heartbreaking in a way.

Bittersweet for sure. But just to reiterate, there is a possibility that you guys get back together? The door is open?

Oh yeah, the door is totally open.

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