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June 6, 2019 Leave a Comment

It’s Been an Exciting Month & I’m Proud of Myself

This month has been pivotal for me as a person, especially as an artist. While things have been shaky for me as a teacher thanks to Ford Nation, budget cuts and the general stress of job stability, I’ve been striving to make sure that I don’t lose heart and continue to work hard on my…

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March 21, 2019 Leave a Comment

Collaboration for Inspiration

About a month ago I met up with an old friend of mine who is also a musician. She had recently released an EP and was hungry to continue writing music and I offered to take a look at some of her newer demos to see if there was anything I could help her with…

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February 13, 2019 Leave a Comment

Boy, Where’s the Music At?

These past few months have been spent really focused on learning and growing. I haven’t updated this blog in around two months and that’s fairly common for me with a number of personal projects. That being said, it doesn’t mean that I’ve put everything down. I’ve been spending these past two months playing around with new…

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December 15, 2018 Leave a Comment

#NewMusic – Wake Up: Fully Producing My First Song Alone

It somewhat baffles me that as an artist who has been writing his own songs for about 12 years now, I have never fully produced a song with my vocals on it. Well, that’s not entirely true. In the past, I have mucked around editing covers and I did release a “single” in 2012 that…

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October 6, 2018 Leave a Comment

#NewMusic – Sunflower Kiss: Improvising on the Piano

Something you may not know about me is that I love to improvise on the piano. It’s actually where a lot of my music comes from. There’s a freedom to writing without thinking a freedom to express anything I’m feeling without having to struggle to put words to it. Being able to play the piano…

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September 23, 2018 Leave a Comment

#NewMusic – The Archives (Piano Instrumental Piece)

I remember when I was in school I’d always get excited to come back home because I’d be able to play on the piano and write music. I remember staying up until 3 or 4 in the morning with my guitar even if it was a school night. I loved music so much. I used…

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August 29, 2018 Leave a Comment

#NewMusic: Wake Up – First Demo

So yesterday I said I was debating posting demos of the new songs I was working on. Have to admit I’m nervous, but here it goes! Wake Up is the first song I write with lyrics in over two years. It’s also the first song I produce vocals on, so it’s fairly raw. I’m so…

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September 6, 2017 2 Comments

I Will Follow You Into the Dark

It’s been a hard few days and losing you hasn’t made it any easier. It’s made a lot of things surface and I wish it was gone. Luckily I’ve been learning to surround myself with more positive people, so it’s been a lot better than I thought it would be, but nonetheless, it will always…

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August 24, 2017 Leave a Comment

True Colors

I have been in love with the Zedd song “True Colors” for over a year now. It’s a strong pop anthem that doesn’t sacrifice originality or substitute for poor vocals. I think Kesha was a great choice to voice this song and again, I absolutely love it! For the past few days, I’ve been attempting…

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