Join the Journey

Hello, 

 

My name is Jeremy Zeller.

 

I died years ago. In the floor of my kitchen. A broken heart, I suppose.

 

It could have been a seizure… it could have been a heart attack… but

it literally knocked me out cold. 

 

I’m not sure how long I was out… It seemed like an eternity.

 

I know that I had stopped breathing, because I remember a tremendous inhale when my eyes

came open. And the breath was painful entering back in my body.

 

I was home alone and woke up in the floor with my face in my hands saying, “Thank you, Jesus”

over and over.

 

I’m not sure exactly what happened… no drugs… nothing crazy happening around me. One

moment, I was standing and praying. The next moment, I’m waking up on the floor. I just know

it was the realest experience I’ve ever had in regards to my relationship with God.

 

By His grace, I have been given another chance. A chance to take everything that I learned

through my death, and apply it as a source of life.

 

My music is the realization of that.

 

Each song a dialogue between myself, the listener and God.  Every line taken from journal entries, 

therapy sessions and moments of silent reflection over the course of an intense healing journey.

 

I believe music is a universal language given to us by God. A language used to connect

people’s emotional journeys and heighten the awareness of a story.

 

My story has afforded me the opportunities to walk the line between moments of heaven on

earth and moments of hell on earth. Through my own individual experiences or by walking

along side communities that bare each others burdens and celebrate each others

achievements. A pastor for two decades, a first responder, a counselor, an artist, a humanitarian,

and any other job I could find to maintain a life and family as a minister and an artist.

 

I have dedicated my entire life to following under the teachings of Jesus. Granted, I’ve certainly

spent my time out of the fold. But my heart has been His since I was a child.

 

After years of being on my own journey of healing, I was officially diagnosed with autism.

 

To say it has changed my life is an understatement. Through years of therapy, counseling, doctors

visits, specialists, and the experiences of hundreds of others impacted by autism, I now use

my own personal story to advocate for others that can’t communicate their own experiences.

 

My passion is to share those experiences through music, songwriting, storytelling, and art...

 

Experiences of growing up autistic and not knowing it, of addiction and recovery, sexual assault,

navigating a healthy blended family. Stories of growing up in the church, religious trauma,

and the dangers of staying “silent” while others are dying.

 

Over the last several years, my art has morphed and bent itself into shape in such a way that I have

now been able to share my story with thousands of people. One on one… from coast to coast

and many places in between, I have spent the last 5 years putting a bow on the experiences over the

course of my life that have lead me here.

 

I now travel, sharing my stories through singing, songwriting, and storytelling. The church pew

would say “Testify!”, while the bar stool agrees with a “Here, here!”

 

We all share this human experience in such a way that we can actually help each other through

some really chaotic times by simply saying “Yeah, me, too.” And then just listening.

 

My songs and my art are an invitation to do just that. 

 

I want people to leave a show and have that one line of that one song… melody and all…

blossom into a beautiful picture of hope, and, ultimately, belief. Belief that there is a better

version of themself available from within.

 

That God is found when we are seen for who we are and know we are loved.

 

It’s a grimy message. Because in order to feel it and understand it, we must dredge through

the shadows and the dirt to find the light. But it’s there. That is the space in which I love to

create.

 

My hope is that my music might start a conversation that leads to healing.