Background

When it comes to music I'm a Jack of All Trades - put an instrument in my hands and I'll figure it out.

There are two ways to learn music - the kind where you learn theory and study composers and musicology, and the kind where you just get an instrument and start playing. I did both.

I studied music at CCM, a prestigious music school that expects you to be able to hear a chord, melody, or piece of music and know the composer and period and then write it out on a piece of sheet music. But I also grew up in rural Texas where every Friday people would gather around a campfire with guitars, fiddles, and a washtub bass to jam. They didn't use sheet music and they don't understand relative majors and minors, but good lord they are GOOD!

I've played in a bunch of cover bands over the years - singing, guitar, ukulele, bass, drums, keyboard, synth, sax, trumpet, and I even used a DJ app to mix samples live from my iPad. My solo a cappella covers on a looper are both impressive and ridiculous, whether they're "good" or not is out of my hands. These days my main musical love is singing in any and all styles while accompanying myself on ukulele, guitar, or keyboard.