Tag: Off-Grid Living New Mexico

Creating Through Change: Why We Keep Making Music and Hosting Events

In a world obsessed with numbers — views, ticket sales, profit, and constant noise — it can be difficult to explain why some of us keep creating anyway.

We live off-grid in the New Mexico desert. Life out here is quiet, demanding, and honest. You work because you must. You create because something inside you refuses to go silent. Survival has very little to do with money, politics, or religion — and everything to do with resilience, purpose, and community.

For us, music and events are not about chasing attention. They are about **connection**.

Joy Is the Measure, Not the Noise

My joy comes from seeing others happy because of something I helped create — campers feeling welcome, people settling in to listen, or an audience connecting with a performance.

Our livestreams have become a real source of that joy.

Attendance has been growing steadily. Many people listen quietly, fully present, faces focused on the music. Others reach out afterward to tell us how much the show meant to them. Some even arrange their schedules around the livestreams so they don’t miss them.

That kind of connection matters deeply.

Not every audience is loud. Some are listening — and that’s just as powerful.

Creating Through Adaptation

My partner is a writer and a creator. He builds worlds with words and emotion. He knows what a piece should feel like — the weight, the atmosphere, the message — even when the path to bringing it to life looks different than it once did.

What matters is not *how* something is created, but **who is creating it**.

The vision is still his.
The words are still his.
The intention is still his.

Adaptation doesn’t diminish creativity. It proves devotion to it.

Showing Up, Even When It’s Quiet

Livestreaming allows us to reach people we wouldn’t otherwise meet — people who listen from their homes, their workspaces, or quiet corners of their lives. Without it, we wouldn’t have this connection at all.

These moments — the listening, the messages afterward, the shared experience — are what remind us why we keep going.

Creation doesn’t need to shout to be meaningful.

Why We Keep Going

We believe people should be able to live in ways that make sense for them, adapt without being judged, and create without needing permission.

We don’t do this for money.
We don’t do this for politics.
We don’t do this for religion.

We do this because being human means creating, connecting, and caring — even when it’s quiet, even when it’s unconventional, even when the world isn’t watching.

And for those who have found us through the livestreams: thank you for being there, for listening, and for sharing this space with us.

We’ll be back in venues near you playing the show again — and **Music in the Desert livestreams will be returning soon**.

We’re still here.
We’re still creating.
And we’re grateful you are too.

Visit our website
👉 http://www.plateauhamedecolquhoun.com

Music titled “Time” by Advocatus Diaboli and the Grim Leafer Band 

👉 http://www.advocatusdiaboliandthegrimleaferband.com

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