I am a relentless writer, unbound by typical and rampant American laziness. I am primarily a songwriter with massive amounts completed work and even more "work-in-progress" songs, stacked in boxes in my studio, eating up the memory of my hard drives and my phone. I am also a performer, a band leader (of OFFBEAT MOTIF) and an open mic host at three different establishments. Over the past year and a half, I've played over 200 hundred shows obtain through my own without the assistance of an agent. I am an experienced producer, an independent record company owner (Vegan Zombie Records) aka a home studio owner with a Certificate in Audio Production and a 9 month apprenticeship program under my belt. I studied at Plaid Dog Recording with Mike Davidson and Baines Kluxen. I record my own original music at home, as well as friends and clients who come to my home studio in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. I also hold down a full time job, but we don't need to get into that. I believe that if you set your mind to something, you can accomplish it. I am out to prove my self correct and to overcome hurdles of the music industry and the economic landscape in order to earn a full time living as a recording artist, professional songwriter and a touring musician. I am single minded and relentless in my goal. I feel deeply connected with music and am constantly exploring my muse's new messages. On the side, I also write album reviews and have a personal blog which I use as a creative outlet for those times when I am unable to play guitar/record. Currently, I am working on promoting my first self-produced EP, called ROOFTOP Musty Rustic EP, I am performing out live, and building a home business for lessons and recording. Here is an example of an excerpt from my blog, actually some thoughts about this release: "Thoughts about the Impending Musty Rustic EP Release" To look at yourself through someone else’s eyes is impossible. I’ve put my music in a physical format and begun handing it out to people, and though everything has been positive from the first few friends I’ve given it to, its got me thinking about what they think I’m trying to say. I fear the record may have inklings of self-indulgence. This is exactly the thing I am trying to avoid. That being said, this blog, my website, my music in general, maybe this is perceived as one big cluster f**k of excessive indulgence in my passion, with no real purpose over than exploring it for myself. Perception to the perceiver is reality, Yet, this does not resonate with me, and I have to assume this is not true based on the fact it doesn’t feel right to me. This is something bigger than me that I am participating in. I am participating in following my passions, and by doing so, I am putting the energy out there that someone else may be encouraged to do the same. I am participating in what it means to be a musician, to be independent and to be a contributor, in a greater sense than before, to the amazing world of music. I am also announcing a few messages to those who hear the record. I am very humble, yet this is what I do, so how could I not want to share it? Whether the right message is delivered, received, or understood in my release, it does not really matter. This is the first time I’ve put something out, so, now I know more about what it feels like and I have already learned a great deal from it. I am learning how to better write, deliver, and make known my message through this experience. It may not always be comfortable, though growth is like that. You need to stretch your comfort zone, put yourself out there. My record can be scrutinized, though, I doubt anyone will scrutinize it as much as me. I can live with it, and because I’ve done it, the next one will be even better. So, I made the record with Garage Band and Pro Tools. I used some beats from Garage Band and my Alesis synthesizer, which is really just a small keyboard. I did only one of the songs in Pro Tools, the first one. Four out of six are re-workings of songs I’d released before. For theses reasons I feel like this work is actually a representation of where I was, rather than where I am now, though it also stands for where I am going. The next record will hopefully be done in June. I have begun planning already. It’s funny how this momentum thing works, my first EP hasn’t even been released yet (March 4th) and I’m already planning my next. I plan to record with more guest musicians, with all original drum samples, only in Pro Tools and to do one song in a professional studio. That being said, I am in a place right now where I feel proud of my release. It has some excellent parts, some beautiful parts, some meaningful parts, some introspection, some skill displayed. There is a lot of value that can be found inside its contents. There is an eclectic selection of songs. It may not be perfect, but its there and I’m proud of it.