Hey everyone,

Imagine you've lost someone who meant everything to you, and the world expects you to just... keep going. In my interview with Bryan Hopkins, he shows us something different. Through his heart, passion, and gift for songwriting Bryan teaches us how to turn that loss into something the world desperately needs to hear.

This is HIS story, and it's a reminder of you why we create in the first place.

The Fight That Changed Everything

Bryan’s younger brother Cody was given three months to live. Terminal illness. Game over. But he refuse to accept it.

He didn't just refuse - he went to war. Bryan, his family, and a community of supporters crowdfunded campaigns to help Cody, $26,000 raised. Multiple stem cell treatments. Cody’s three months turned into 5 years and 3 months, defying the impossible, love refusing to surrender.

The Sacred Promise

December 2024. Bryan's preparing for a show on the former Route 91 grounds in Las Vegas - the first concert there since the tragic shooting. The phone rings. Cody's hospitalized. He's not coming home.

In their final conversation, Cody makes an extraordinary request:

Bryan honored that promise. Despite his heartbreak, he flew back to Vegas and delivered everything he had on those sacred grounds.

Cody passed peacefully on December 15th, 2024, after waiting for his big brother's return.

The Download

Five weeks later, Bryan had a dream. Cody told him, "I got you."

Three days later, the floodgates opened. Calls about major shows. Connections with industry legends. Collaborations that seemed impossible. And then came "Paradise in Peace."

Bryan describes it as being "downloaded" from Cody during a three-day water fast:

The song releases October 10th - Bryan's gift to the memory of Cody, to their family, and to anyone who's ever experienced loss.

Your Story is Waiting

Here's what Bryan's journey teaches us: Your greatest creative breakthroughs don't come from comfort zones. They come from the depths. From the places that break you open and force you to find something you didn't know was there.

YOU have something the world needs to hear. Something born from YOUR experiences, YOUR pain, YOUR triumphs. No one else can tell it the way you can.

Watch Bryan tell his complete story in our full interview - because this is just the surface. There's so much more treasure waiting in the depths of his journey.

What's YOUR Story?

What's trying to break through you right now? What loss, what triumph, what moment of grace is demanding to be shared with the world?

The world is waiting for what only you can create.

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Stay creative, and stay human,
Josh

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