THE FORTON PROJECT
Original music · Shared stories

A little closer
to something
infinite.

Music for the moments that stay with us.
Welcome to The Forton Project.

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INDEPENDENT SPIRIT. ENDLESS POSSIBILITY.
The collections

One story.
More ways to feel it.

One album, reimagined through acoustic arrangements, electronic rhythms, and visual storytelling.

01 / ORIGINAL ALBUM
The Day
We Left Earth

The Day We Left Earth

An unfolding story · One journey

Songs drawn from a lifetime, woven into an imagined future about memory, technology, and holding on to the person you love.

02 / REIMAGINED SESSIONS
Celestial
Sessions

Celestial Sessions

Rhythm · Atmosphere · Discovery

Indian-inspired textures and electronic rhythms bring a different energy to the journey.

03 / ACOUSTIC SESSIONS
Unplugged
Sessions

Unplugged Sessions

Intimate · Acoustic · Reimagined

A more intimate take on the songs, inspired by the warmth of an MTV Unplugged performance.

Behind the project

Some things are
better said in music.

Justin Forton began writing these songs years before The Forton Project took shape—from a college rock band in Tennessee to his time in the Air Force in Germany, and the life he built with Sarah.

Those original lyrics, guitar parts, and recordings became the foundation for The Day We Left Earth. Its films imagine a future shaped by consciousness uploading, while asking a deeply personal question: what happens when the person you love wants a different kind of forever?

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Glad you found your way here

Come for a song.
Stay for the journey.

Whether a friend, a video, or a Christmas card brought you here, welcome. Find a song, settle in, and make yourself at home.

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