After several location changes around the Four-Corners area, Lujan’s family settled in Ganado, AZ, part of the Diné (Navajo) Nation, where he and his siblings would attend public school. Feeling like a fish out of water, life on ‘the rez’ proved to be quite a challenge for Lujan. However, it was in this rural and high-desert landscape where his musical and spiritual journey began. Struggling to make friends, lead to Lujan having a difficult time in school. While at home, life was a generally loving and supportive environment. Troubled waters emerged when Lujan’s mother would experience manic episodes due to her ongoing struggles with Bi-Polar disorder. Music became Lujan’s sanctuary from the outside world, a way in which he could express himself and process his emotions. Winning a local talent show at age 6, provided Lujan with the means to purchase some music equipment. It wasn’t long before he recruited some neighborhood kids to start a band. Taking the helm as band leader, producer and arranger, Lujan would teach his friends their respective instruments and parts, eventually booking their first gig at a school assembly, earning the praises and respect of his peers and teachers. In his time in Ganado, Lujan, through his father, would get in touch with his Native American roots, learning from Diné elders and participating in sweat-lodge ceremonies. Lujan would return to these spiritual principles and practices throughout his life and weave it in to his musical devotion.

At the turn of the century Lujan returned to Colorado, continuing a formal education in the Visual Arts and Mass Communication at CSU-P. Simultaneously, Lujan took a deep dive in to the Skateboarding and Punk Rock culture of the time. Lujan fell deep in love with the energy and community surrounding the local music and art scene. Frenetic performances by his Punk Rock band A Poor Substitute, and contributions made as a resident graphic designer, poster maker and audio engineer, would lay the foundation for Lujan’s DIY approach to music and art production. Taking cues from his hero’s like the Clash’s Joe Strummer, and Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain, Lujan traced the roots of Punk Rock back to folk singers and activists like Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger and blues musicians like Robert Johnson, Blind Willie McTell and Leadbelly. Having absorbed the works of  Beat-Era poets and authors, and every Bob Dylan record he could get his hands on, Lujan dreamed of a life as a traveling musician. This dream, for the time being, would be put on hold due to health concerns related to his recent diagnosis of ulcerative colitis. Lujan would spend the next few years in and out of the hospital, a battle that nearly cost him his life and lead to the removal of his entire large intestine in 2004.    

In 2005 at age 22, with an acoustic guitar in-tow and bearing the battle scars of his recent health scare, Lujan would fulfill his long-awaited dream of traveling. A three-month long hitchhiking adventure took Lujan from his Colorado home, through the plains of the Midwest to Omaha, NE, Chicago, IL and eventually to New York, NY. This experience would forever change his life, foreshadowing the years of travel to come with Folk / Americana project, The Haunted Windchimes. Founded in 2006 by he and his then partner, Desirae Garcia, The Haunted Windchimes would find themselves on a world stage, via Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion in 2012, performing songs to thousands at the World Arena in Colorado Springs, while millions tuned in world wide. The ‘Chimes continued to tour nationally, opening up for folk legends like; Arlo Guthrie and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, before announcing their indefinite hiatus in 2016. This period would see the birth of another Lujan / Garcia project called in/PLANES, a “vintage pop” duo that took inspiration from groups like Buddy Holly and the Crickets and The Everly Brothers. in/PLANES quickly gained the support of their peers and music community, including landing an official showcase at Folk Alliance International in 2018. The band’s time would be short lived, succumbing to the heaviness surrounding Garcia and Lujan’s separation and eventual divorce in 2019.

Grief stricken and unsure how to navigate such a major life change, 2019 brought with it a deep check-in and re-collaboration period for Lujan. At a crossroads, Lujan was able to find some solace in creating music, trading in his mostly acoustic sound for a beat heavy new vibe, debuting this solo effort with single, I’m Away, a song intended to shine a light on mental health issues, inspired by the tragic death of Frightened Rabbit singer, Scott Hutchison and Lujan’s own struggles with mental illness. Lujan’s next single I’ve Been Waiting, with a minimal 50’s inspired doo-wop approach, built on themes of self-love and radical acceptance, while Hey Mama, a gut wrenching personal narrative, spoke on the heartache surrounding his divorce. Lujan closed the year of solo releases, performances and touring with yet another health scare. Being diagnosed with an inflammatory disease called Sarcoidosis became a catalyst for Lujan’s sobriety and dedication to self care. His final release of the year was song, Phases, which perfectly encapsulated where he was in his healing process, “I’m learning to love myself, so I can love somebody else.”

In good health and sober, Lujan launched Cast The Line Podcast in early 2020, a show centered around mental health and wellness, offering listeners a window in to his creative process and that of his guests. Lujan’s debut EP, Do What You Want was set for release on March 21, 2020, with a national tour to follow. While the tour had to be canceled due to COVID-19, the release show proceeded via YouTube Virtual Concert. With 2K plus in attendance, Lujan’s virtual concert would set the tone for future live streams, and provide the inspiration for his web series Hanging Out. In May of 2020, Lujan participated in “Banding Together” - A Concert for the Colorado Music Relief Fund, including performances from The Avett Brothers, Jack Johnson, The Lumineers and more, and would help to raise over $600,000 in funds for all those in the Colorado music industry affected by COVID-19. With any touring plans put on hold indefinitely due to the pandemic, Lujan has focused his energies on self care, film and music making and client work, while continuing to release singles for his forthcoming full-length album Echo Brain.