Where My Inspiration Comes From 

Anyone who has written a song or sang or played one that was professionally recorded and published on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, etc. knows that part of the process is deciding who else you sound like. This is especially true if you use something like CB Baby, and it can also be one of the hardest parts of getting your very first release out there. I know it was for me. It's a little hard to figure that out with your first release. It's really easy to just think “umm… I dunno… I just sound like… me…”…

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Making Music Personal - My Next Two Releases  

Some people like to keep personal things personal and private. I have always preferred transparency and real, raw connection with people. Sometimes that has gotten me in trouble socially for being too open, but one of the beauties of music is I can be open about whatever I want and share the greatest life lessons I’ve learned by painting on the canvas of silence. I can tell stories of my life and feel like I’ve opened a door to my personal life without giving too many details; and I still feeling like my…

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Emotional Intelligence in Music 

“Music is so abstract, it doesn't communicate specifics very well - unless we're talking on an emotional level. Then, suddenly it is surprisingly more specific than we can be with words.”

- Thomas Baggaley

The above quote was something I had been trying to tell people, in much less accurate or concise wording, most of my life. Whether it was in my facial expressions or the simple fact of my ineptitude with finding the right words at the right time with the right people growing up, being on the Autism

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