We met "virtually" during COVID through TikTok when Sarah was attending graduate school in Bowling Green, Ohio, and Jake was at school in Winona. Eventually, we both graduated from our respective programs and ended up working at the same place: Schmitt Music, Brooklyn Center! Before we met in person, Jake was chatting with Sarah through good ol' fashion TikTok DMs and dropped the line, "If we are going to work together, we should probably have each others' phone numbers." Sarah didn't give him her number. As the summer of 2022 progressed, Jake made multiple attempts throughout the summer to befriend Sarah but of course, she always blew him off. Finally, Jake convinced Sarah to attend open jam sessions with him and would pick her up, telling her that she wasn't much out of his way (it was most definitely quite a bit out of his way). This was the beginning of their friendship that grew into more and became "official" in early 2023.