My dad was a fighter pilot and is a gifted song-writer. My mom was clasically trained on piano, has perfect pitch and used to teach a lyric writing class at IPFW. They met because my dad needed a piano player for his band. The kid in this picture is my older brother Jay. Jay was like a father figure to me and when he picked up playing guitar at Bethel College, I was soon to follow. I quickly gravitated towards song-writing and I remember my mom saying things like, "That sounds just like something your dad would write." I love to write songs and lyrics.
Over the past 15 years, I've written mostly on piano and although my latest recordings aren't produced professionally, I am happy to share my music with you. God is faithful and he has a plan. Enjoy and what will you do with talents God has given you?

My cousin Ben and I were born on June 2 and June 3 in 1984 - Parkview Randalia. I'm the chubby one to the right. Ben's parents sang and played on my parents EP in the 80's and Ben and I both pursued song-writing in our early 20s. Ben was a song-writer in Nashville and has been a helpful person to talk to about the challenges of not wanting to spend a lot of time or money on song-writing/recording and the struggle it is to be putting out songs that don't sound professional. Ben has reminded me over the last few years that perfectionism is the enemy of creativity. And he's right.








