I'm a single Dad, originally from Detroit, MI but living in Los Angeles now. I've been into music all of my life and am now focusing on trying to make a living at it. I'm an engineer by trade and presently work at Loyola Marymount University which is my second home. It's a wonderful place full of good people.
The Music
The music is just a natural part of me. I was singing in a group at 5, learned to play drums at 10 and performed around Detroit while growing up there. At 16 I found myself on my own and it was when I was 18 and stable that I decided to teach myself how to write my own songs. I got married, had 5 kids and had to forget about my dreams for a while. 20 years! To my advantage I’m one of those people who has to always be learning something so in the background I was educating myself about a lot of things. This is all business to me. Chivalry exists because he has a very original sound and seems to be highly marketable. After 10 years, I’ve stayed on charts and whenever I can get 2 nickles together to peep out at everybody online through some kind of marketing venue, I still seem to standout. I don’t get it! I just know that it’s true and that that in itself is very valuable as a business asset.
My recordings occur like this. I write a piece of music, put the headphones on, turn on the mic and see what the song has to say. When I get to the end of a song, that’s the record. No re-recording. I mix it and that’s that. It’s natural. When I write music, it’s a feeling. After I’ve completed a song, if I do want to re-record a part I have to listen to it and learn it because I have no idea of what I played. My lyrics I never write down and I never forget. I think that that’s odd myself but if I were to try and plan and think a song, nothing will happen. As far as my playing skills go, I write music and that’s it. I am in no way a musician. I taught myself to play by writing.
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