zerochance

My name is Erick Bellitto and I am originally from Fairfield, Connecticut. About two years ago I came to the realization that in order to get what I wanted out of life, I needed to leave the nutmeg state. I struggled with that decision for some time, but after running into a very successful friend (8 million+ records sold and 2 Grammy wins successful) at the mall one day who told me that what I needed to do was leave and as fast as I could, I figured that it at least deserved some serious consideration.

I can clearly remember going home that night, locking the door, putting on my Guster record, closing my eyes and letting it all sink in. ?You've wasted every moment of your Saturdays and your Sundays, you're wasted from the boredom, it was never supposed to be like this.? And then at the very moment where Adam goes ?one more inch you son of a bitch you've been wasting my time always, and now you're half awake, you bend till you break, you make the same mistakes always? so go on?? I was in my own mind no longer a resident of the northeast. A few days later, my father and I went out and bought an old Chevy van (now affectionately referred to as ?the heavy chevy?) and to quote me, ?I threw myself in boxes and I ran.?

The day I arrived in Atlanta I remember it being really really hot. That's about the only thing I can remember. I didn't know where to start and I didn't know anyone. I was a bit freaked out about essentially ?starting over? but I actually welcomed the anxiety. If I failed, I failed, but at least I gave it a shot.

I spent the next year playing all over the peach state and even venturing out to places like Nashville and Birmingham. I wasn't playing to big crowds, but I was making enough money to pay the very few bills that I had. More importantly, I was playing my songs and only my songs. While it was often tiring and sometimes downright depressing to show up each night and play for a handful of people who were much more interested in the basketball game on the big screen behind me than my heart-felt pop songs, I knew that there was a purpose to all of this and hoped that it would lead me to my ultimate goal of understanding why I was put here.

I have since recorded two albums detailing my emotional struggle to make sense of the good and the bad that this relocation has brought to my life. "Better Days for Broken Heats" and "Accessory to Success."

My songs tell my story. I hope that you can relate to them and that you can find comfort in both my successes and failures. Beyond that, melodies can change lives. That alone makes all of this worth a shot.