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most rewarding when I see students become self sufficient and successful at their endeavors.”

Finding himself back in California, Turcotte felt a spark of inspiration to return to music. He has written many songs, and was was eager to create something with them. Henceforth, Thieves and Tyrants were founded. Open to the boundless potential for success, Turcotte feels satisfied being able to express himself musically, while continuing to help students as a counselor.

“I’m not setting out to be a rockstar, I’m just setting out to be a counselor playing music, but we’ll see where it goes,” Turcotte said.

Keyboardist for Thieves and Tyrants, Jon Tomilson, feels that Turcotte’s return to music is something he has a calling to do.

“Dave has a deep sense of harmony that I think he wants to share with the world,” Tomilson said.

The tight-knit Long Beach music scene is happy to have back one of the staple musicians of the era. Dustin said the new band is a way for the players to catch up where they had left off. “We had always had so much chemistry writing and developing his ideas for our various projects we’d worked on,” Dustin said. “Thieves and Tyrants” is the fulfillment of all the things we never got to do while he was gone, and everything we learned while we did our own things on opposite sides of the country.”

The strong following that exists for the 90s ska-reggae music out of

Long Beach is evident by the loyal supporters that bands like Sublime retain. Thieves and Tyrants is geared up to help bring that sound back with a fresh new twist.

“This band is bringing back all of those familiar sounds from our old local scene and throwing in some new exciting tunes that Dave and Marcus have composed,” Dustin said. “It’s very exciting getting back to our roots and playing fun music together again.”

With his new project, Thieves and Tyrants, Turcotte is helping to re-strengthen the Long Beach skareggae music scene making that same joy alive in a new era. He is returning to his roots and following his inspiration to rekindle his musical fire.

Turcotte is a person that lives to inspire, whether through his role as a counselor or musician.

“For me, it’s all about passion, following a calling to do something. It’s validating, overcoming that insecurity. That’s what I’m always reaching out to students to do,” Turcotte said. “You gotta take a risk, in music or anything else, you have to be willing to put yourself out there and try and do your best.” dnovazski.roundupnews@gmail.com