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Mac Altgelt
Born in San Antonio, TX in the winter of 1983, Mac Altgelt appeared on Earth but a few short days after Christmas. Following a charming, late-eighties / early-nineties childhood upbringing (a period now often
romanticized in an overly-nostalgic era of pop culture), Altgelt would go on to perform satisfactorily, if only averagely, at his school and amongst his peers. As time went by, Altgelt enjoyed mild local success playing music with his punk rock band at various local venues culminating in the release of a debut album, "We’re Not Hardcore”, through mp3.com. With this and many other great triumphs dotting his resume he would go on to accept his invitation to Texas Tech University and made the long, arduous journey to Lubbock, TX in the Fall of 2002 at the tender age of 18. College life was to be no easier, however, and Altgelt soon found himself a member of the largest fraternity on campus. He would spend the next four years gliding through an unchallenging Business program and lounging around Frat houses until the Spring of 2006, when he waved goodbye to the collegiate life forever. Upon his return to San Antonio he would take a job selling beer to various institutions only to leave nine months later upon the realization that perhaps booze wasn’t the answer. It was at this time Altgelt accepted a position as a risk manager, being so thoroughly schooled in risk due to his lifestyle previous, where he remains today. It was in 2007 that Altgelt would dive back into the creative realm he had left behind with his departure for college and he began to write a blog, record music, write poetry, stories, books and make short films. This would mark his return to the life he loves. In 2016 Altgelt married his wife, Alex, and thus ended the era of tortured angst that had been his work's main inspiration heretofore. Altgelt, however, maintains that, despite his current happiness, he remains determined to continue producing, at least palatable, art even without the powerful mistress of melancholy as a creative partner. Success to be determined....