COVINGTON, TRAVIS R.

[TRAVIS ROBERT COVINGTON]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, background-image: url(http://i54.tinypic.com/2nqfdd2.jpg); border: solid 5px #d6d6d6; width: 250px; -webkit-border-radius: 50px 4px 50px 4px; -moz-border-radius: 50px 4px 50px 4px; line-height:85%; margin-top: 5px] TRAVIS ROBERT COVINGTON, "if right here right now is all we've got, we better make it last" TWENTY-FOUR | SKYSHOT RECORDS | LABEL OWNER | ALEX GASKARTH "SO TELL ME, WHO ARE YOU AGAIN?" "you don't know me already? haha, kidding. i'm travis covington, i'm twenty-four and i used to be the other frontman of the weekend theory. now under the same label my band was signed to i've started my own subdivision. think of skyshot records as relapse's sister or brother or whatever. but yeah, i own that." "RIGHT RIGHT, SORRY. SO TELL ME A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF." "uh, does the standard 'i'm smart and nice and stuff' type thing count for a basic summary? i've got proof in my friendships, haha. but um, yeah - i've grown up a lot since the last time most peoplle remember being around me. i wish i still were a teenager though, but then again who doesn't? i think the one thing that's changed is that i'm not AS stubborn as i used to be but of course that trait's still there somewhere. if anything, i've finally found my balance as a person and that's definitely something i've been happy to find. if you haven't met me before we should change that - i'm not awkward and i love to talk and meet everyone that i can, and i can break you out of your shell with my kindness. yeah, everyone still says i'm pretty sweet. and if you're around me and ethan and the same time, well, talk to me cause i'm better than him. don't tell him i said that though. some people say i'm not as fun as i used to be but hey, fuck them! i'm still plenty of fun, it's just that i'm a lot more busy than i used to be. industry business is more tedious than tour duties, y'know. i'm still the same guy - still friendly, still open, still loyal, still reliable." "INTERESTING! WHERE WAS IT THAT YOU SAID YOU COME FROM?" "i'm an east coast boy, even if i've been living back and forth between my hometown, los angeles, and new york for the last two years. i mean hey, i'm a traveller at heart, and having been in a touring band it's still hard for me to stay put, haha. i was born in and grew up in newark, delaware. my parents divorced when i was twelve and my dad left and got remarried, and for a while it made me a little moody brat, but i grew out of it. anyway, it was a pretty sweet life with ethan and my best friends, we all lived in the same neighborhood and same streets and spent every moment pretty much with each other. they're the ones who followed along on the whole band journey whether they were in it or part of our tour crew, and we were like the most inseperable bunch of kids you could have ever met. we still are, even if we've gone our separate ways professionally. but yeah, in high school me, ethan, nate, levi, and ace started the weekend theory during a summer - i was sixteen and about to be a junior in high school, and pretty much from that point in time my history was written. we worked hard and toured til two years ago when we decided there was more we each wanted to pursue. ethan got married, nate wanted to go to school, and i just wanted to put myself in use for other people in the industry. but yeah, there's too much to talk about if you're asking about my roots - i came from a good place, and i'm loving the life i worked for. maybe i'll write a memoir or something next." "WOW. SO WHAT IS A DAY IN THE LIFE OF YOU LIKE?" "i do all the work while ethan spends time in the office doing stupid shit or in the bathroom fixing his hair and taking pictures of himself in the mirror with his iphone. you think i'm kidding. no but really. my day starts out with my coffee and it's like every normal dude's nine to five, except i get to work in an industry that i love. i get up and check all my emails and make phone calls and go to meetings whenever they need to be held. i'm on my phone or computer all day but hey, that's the workload for the job even if it sounds easier than it really is, and relapse has got pretty high expectations on me so they keep me on my toes. i'm still learning, too. i pretty much live and breathe this label, just the same as i did with everything related to the weekend theory when we were still a band. i also produce on the side in addition to running skyshot. then when there's no more things i need to check off on my to do list i go home and cuddle with my dog." "NICE. LAST QUESTION... WHY ARE YOU WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW AND WHAT DOES THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE FOR YOU?" "i had my dream fulfilled, i made music with my best friends and got the opportunity of a lifetime, and that's when i went into talks with relapse to start my own label under them. and now here we are. my mantra for the moment is that if i can be as much of a success with this venture as me and my best friends were with the passions we had, then this truly was what i was meant to do after my whole life we were told we weren't going to get anywhere with music. so i guess the soaring success of skyshot would validate my existence even more, haha. and an ego boost doesn't hurt either. take that, high school teachers - i didn't ever need to go to columbia after all. other than that, i guess while the future in business is bright, i think the one thing i'd like to do is finally settle with someone. i've had a lot of girlfriends in the past and i've been single for a while, so i guess it's time to get back in the game. plus i'll do anything to shut ethan up because that bitch nags me about getting laid or married in the near future like that's his real job." "ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD?" "keep watching for what's coming next. this next year is going to be fucking amazing, and we're gonna take over your summer for sure." hey there, the name's steph. i live in the eastern time zone and this is my first character.