THE MERE ACT OF SURVIVING ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS IS THE FOUNDATION FROM WHICH A TRUE ARTIST BUILDS HIS CRAFT. MULTI-TALENTED VETERAN, BRYAN "BL" LAMONTAGNE, IS NO EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE. TO UNDERSTAND WHERE BL IS RIGHT NOW IS JUST HALF THE EQUATION. THE OTHER HALF LIES IN WHERE HE CAME FROM: THIS SEASONED ARTIST POSSESSES A UNIQUE HISTORY.

IN HIS EARLY ADOLESCENT YEARS, BL WAS A WELL-ROUNDED STUDENT ATHLETE BUT WAS KNOWN FOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL TALENT PLAYING CLASSICAL TRUMPET. SOLOING WITH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORCHESTRA, BL WAS STAMPED A PRODIGY AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 11. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, AN ARRAY OF MUSICAL OPPORTUNITIES PRESENTED THEMSELVES FOR THIS ARTIST. THE MOST ACCREDITED, BEING A FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC.

JUST WHEN HE THOUGHT ALL OF HIS HARD WORK AND EFFORT WAS ABOUT TO PAY OFF, HIS WORLD CAME CRASHING DOWN. IT WAS THEN, BL TURNED TO THE ONE THING HE STRIVED TO STAY AWAY FROM, THE STREETS.

AT THE MOST VULNERABLE POINT IN BL'S LIFE, HE WAS EXPOSE