As long as I can remember, I've wanted to play the piano. I was fascinated by the emotions I could hear in the different sounds. So after high school I bought a used Kimball console and took lessons for two years.

From the beginning I was hooked. I found such intense pleasure in sitting at my piano and letting my emotions flow through my fingertips. I never really tried to compose anything, I would just play sounds to match the words in my heart.

I wrote what I consider my first song when my grandmother died. An instrumental that after I performed it for my piano teacher, she commented it was "too pretty". That was when I first thought about actually becoming a songwriter.

In my mid-thirties I became a closet poet and made numerous attempts to put words and music together. I was definitely floundering, until I placed myself in the hands of some great instructors at Nashville State Community College. Although I still struggle everyday with songwriting, I no longer wonder why God put me on this planet. Now, I know.

I've always loved all types of music from Mozart to Glen Miller to Metallica and everything in between. I think some of the most beautiful melodies ever written occur in the rock/metal genre of music. Each piece of music is a different shade on the emotional palette. The sensation of feeling them is what I find inspiring.

Listen to	Running On Faith
	If I Could Have One Moment