{"id":14115,"date":"2016-02-08T23:04:20","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T04:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bostonsurvivalguide.net\/wordpress\/?p=14115"},"modified":"2016-02-08T23:12:39","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T04:12:39","slug":"introducing-tristan-bouchard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bostonsurvivalguide.net\/wordpress\/2016\/02\/introducing-tristan-bouchard\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing… Tristan Bouchard"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photography by Stephanie Burgos Rodriguez<\/p><\/div>\n

Sometimes it takes a catastrophic event to put one’s life into suddenly sharp focus. For Boston-based Tristan Bouchard<\/a><\/strong>, it was witnessing a fatal accident<\/a><\/strong> of a fellow college student on Commonwealth Avenue. The experience was traumatic for him, leading to a struggle with PTSD<\/a><\/strong>, which he was only able to alleviate through his music.<\/p>\n

But this talented singer-songwriter didn’t just stop with self-healing. He took it one step further, allowing the pain to inspire and fuel his music. The need to share what he was feeling helped him to overcome crippling stage fright. After performing these new songs for audiences, he recorded a 3-song EP, Little Nights<\/strong>. “I Will Not Go To Paris,” both the song and the sweet homegrown video, feels like a young man discovering himself, figuring out his boundaries and deciding what’s important to him and what’s not. Bouchard’s warm vocals are beautifully accompanied by his expressive piano playing and soft melancholy violin.<\/p>\n