What about your fans on Twitch? Streaming your process is such a big part of your public identity -- were your streaming fans supportive?
It was really nice, because...look, The Browning aren’t the biggest band in the world. But the fans that we have are extremely supportive. And my stream is basically fans of the band, and they’re fans I’ve connected with on a new level, because I talk to them every single day. At first, streaming was stressful, because I got on the first day and said, ‘Look, I need help.’ The steroids I needed were $400, and that was on top of my medical bill. And after that first stream, my viewers donated about $850 to me. It really helped me out in that time. Because I make light of any crap situation that’s going on, so whenever I was on there I’d make stupid faces, but they also understood my issues, and...you can’t really make light of having enough money. And they understood that, and hooked it up.
Real talk: I’m sure at the time, the experience was harrowing, but looking back, is it funny? Do you ever think, ‘Hey, remember those two months of my life where my face didn’t work’?
Yeah, dude! You never expect something like that to happen. It’s so random, thinking back on it. I’m very lucky. I remember one time, I was hanging out with my sister and her husband. My sister made me an eyepatch, which I still have in my room. But this was, like, the third day of the palsy. They hadn’t necessarily seen it yet. My brother in law was a stand-up comedian, and he cracked a joke, and I was dying laughing...but only half my face could smile!