The death of Anthony Bourdain hit me hard. I waited a second to post this blog, but maybe I shouldn't have. I'm sick of society referring to #depression as a "disease". We're not talking #schizophrenia here - we're talking general depression - a completely normal human response to feeling #unhappy that can be triggered by a large scale of events such as feeling trapped, #uninspired, hurt, etc. I was a happy kid. Really creative, always winning awards, good in school. But the

Welcome to House of Sam Records!!! Hi. My name is Samantha Preis. I'm an independent #singersongwriter, #recording and #performingartist and, YEAH, being an #indie artist is super hard but also very rewarding. Some of you may already know my #music or have seen me #perform, and, if you know me, you know that in order to pursue my music, I actually rely on several other streams of #income. Ideally, I would love to be focusing ALL my attention to #writing music, #recording, and