After High School, being told there was no money or stability in music, Everist pursued studies in Economics at the University of Washington and sold copiers during the day and made music at night and some small tours, keeping his music and professional work life separate. After hearing Amon Tobin’s score for Chaos Theory and Disasterpeace’s score for FEZ in 2012, Everist left his job. Cashing out his retirement he enrolled at DigiPen Institure of Technology to study music and sound for video games at age of 28.
