Playing My Country Song in a Cineplex

How Life, Career, and Injury Led Me to Songwriting, and Gigs in Unusual Inland Empire Spaces

Have you been to the movies in Corona? If so, you may have heard me—performing not on the screen, but in the lobby of the Dos Lagos Stadium 15.

The crowds at the theater are small, but people have been appreciative. The space between the ticket booth and concessions is a strange spot to play—but I’ve learned that, in this day and age, if you want to make music, and if you want to be heard, you have to be willing to move around.

How did I get such a gig? The …