Joe Hertler
joehertler.bsky.social
Joe Hertler
@joehertler.bsky.social
Songwriter / Producer for the Rainbow Seekers from Ann Arbor, Michigan.

YouTube.com/joehertler
Student loans should be as scrutinous as buying a home. It took me less than 5 minutes to get approved for a 20k sally mae loan at 13%. Walked in, signed an e signature, and left with zero understanding of the financial hell I had just agreed to. Yeah, I was 19 and dumb as hell.
May 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
#Sinners is one of those films that makes me feel sad for anyone who thinks that great films are no longer made.

It represents just how moving and how evocative the art form can be. Bravo, #ryancoogler (and thx for shooting on 65)!
April 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Grand Rapids on May 3rd :)
April 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
🧐 What if the only thing standing between us and extinction… is kindness?

youtu.be/bbmyYuf7iY4?...

#empathy #progressivism #kindness
👽 kindness might be our only hope (what 15 years as a pro touring musician taught me) 👀
YouTube video by Joe Hertler
youtu.be
April 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Cynicism has a way of reducing the most vibrant things, the inherent & obvious wonder of the natural world, into cold and flat absolutes.
March 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
There may come a moment
where you meet someone
you’ve always known
for the first time.

They are who they are
as they always have been.

And in that moment
you may even find
the place within from which kindness flows:
your renewed knowing
& gentle acceptance that
flawless people do not exist
February 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
You know I think I like my ideological bubble. I’m happier here.
February 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Pretty sure the best way to be liked by others is to inherently like other people. Recognize the good in others vs mostly seeing the bad.
January 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Evening coffee! Live from Detroit / Pontiac :)
January 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Billion Years (Demo) - here’s a track I worked on this week :)

#acousticguitar #songwriting #indiefolk
January 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Mostly just using Redbook because Chinese surveillance kinda makes me feel valued. My user name is 乔是一把吉他!
January 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Our Fake new years set is posted over on YT :)
January 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Canada, United states, and Mexico…

Can’t wait for the future historians to write about how over expansion led to the downfall of great super nation of CUM.
January 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Sometimes I miss being 240 lbs lol
January 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I like to imagine my present self as the best bud of my future self. Aka do things that’ll make you happy down the road - and view your actions as if they’re a courtesy for someone you love.

When I practice piano, or put cash into long growth savings. It’s a gift for future Joe :)
December 28, 2024 at 1:35 AM
Gonna starting using Bluesky to share insights from my reading (cuz my memory is terrible). Didn’t get the photographic memory that my dad has :/
December 28, 2024 at 1:28 AM
From the rainbow seeker archives.
#michiganmusic #michiganstate #indiepop #funkymusic
December 21, 2024 at 9:46 AM
Holy moly merry Christmas I’m so stoked I have #tsaprecheck right now. Best $70 I ever dun spent.

Safe travels y’all!
December 21, 2024 at 9:44 AM
My daughter, Socks 😻
#siamesecat
December 8, 2024 at 10:52 AM
Yeahhhhhh @detroitlions.bsky.social lets goooooo!
December 6, 2024 at 3:27 AM
Gladiator 2 was 310 million dollars of uninspired brain rot.
November 30, 2024 at 9:00 AM
First post on blue sky. Here’s some piano!
November 30, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Reposted by Joe Hertler
Yeah, Jah ⚡️
November 29, 2024 at 11:15 PM