Meet Elijah Patchen

We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Elijah Patchen a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Elijah, we’re thrilled to have you on our platform and we think there is so much folks can learn from you and your story. Something that matters deeply to us is living a life and leading a career filled with purpose and so let’s start by chatting about how you found your purpose.
I keep finding my purpose with each new day that I embrace. I think that there are many facets to one’s purpose and that they develop and change over time. The more time I spend with God whether that is in prayer, in his word, talking to him, worshiping him, or admiring his beauty and creation which includes not only nature but also those around me like my family and friends, the clearer my purpose is. My purpose is to love God, love others, and live out what MOYLOM stands for. MOYLOM is not only an acronym for “more of you, less of me” which resembles my desire to allow God to be the source of my life rather than the things of myself and of this world, but MOYLOM also means “man of Yahweh, lover of mankind” and also “man of youthfulness, loyalty, openness, and masculinity” which outline my purpose to love God and to love those around me and also to live as a man in a way that is joyful, open, vulnerable, energetic, true, and good. These overarching concepts and titles that I embrace remind me of who I truly am and what my purpose in life is. It all comes from Jesus and his work within me.

Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?
I am an electronic music producer and DJ based out of Denver Colorado. My alias MOYLOM is an acronym for “more of you, less of me” which symbolizes my desire to be more like Christ in everything I do as well as develop an intimate and personal relationship with Jesus. I am currently on a journey to develop my own sound within the electronic music world in order to change the world for the better through music and bring people closer to the creator of the universe. MOYLOM is a concept that is very personal to me and I want to practice sharing who I am with the world through the art that I make. My goal is to make music that is a reflection of myself including the different aspects of who I am and to share it openly and honestly with the world to bring people closer together and closer to Jesus.

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?
The 3 areas of knowledge that I think are incredibly important for anyone’s journey, musician or not, come down to identity and being able to answer 3 core questions centered around the concept of identity: Who am I? What do I want? and How can I love others well? My identity is very key to knowing what I want to do with my life and how I want to live and thrive in the truest sense. By knowing who I am, where my source of life and joy comes from, and what I want, I can start to be an authentic individual who can love others and love himself without the world of externals getting in the way and controlling the narrative of my sense of self and overall identity. Knowing who you are is a very powerful and good thing. If I were to give any advice to those who are just starting out whether they are in music or otherwise is to ask yourself those core questions and to formulate a strong Identity that comes from an internal place within yourself. Find out who you are and what you truly want to do with your life. What makes your heart come alive? What gets you excited and out of bed in the morning? If you could spend your time in any way, how would you spend it? Once you find out who you are, then you just have to live it out.

Alright so to wrap up, who deserves credit for helping you overcome challenges or build some of the essential skills you’ve needed?
Lots of people have been great mentors to me over the years. I started Piano lessons at a very young age from Phillip Erklen and he was the first music teacher I ever had. Shortly after that I learned drum set and percussion from my school teachers (Dan Parmentier, Joe Musick, and Stoney Black) and my private teachers (Chris Combs, Art Nobel, and Mike Marlier). My peers and other professors and teachers all rubbed off on me through my years in school and have pushed me and inspired me to get better. My private electronic music production lessons with John Schmulowitz (Prismatic), Jack Skye Ramsay (Skybreak), Trey Rodman (KERO), and Barney Warner (Nimda) among others have been extremely important in my development as an artist and as a producer. My professor of Recording and Production of music, Michael Schulze, has also been a mentor on my artistic journey. All of these teachers have helped me develop the necessary skills to improve my craft of music and art. Other inspirations include my musical inspirations such as my private teachers (Prismatic, Skybreak, KERO, Nimda) and some of my favorite musicians (Teminite, Tennyson, Virtual Riot, Au5, and Sharks). Other mentors include Ken Curry, Founder and owner of Solid Man® who helped me to form my true identity, and also my friends who are also artists such as my good friend CJ (Recet) who is like a brother to me and pushes me to keep going, never give up, and be true to who I am (Recet and I have something coming very soon). And finally my parents have also been a huge support to me, they continue to provide advice and encouragement every day.

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