Feel the Beat

In this picture, around 1995–96, I was at a five-week summer camp. My bass teacher was working with me on a solo I had to perform in front of about 100 people, just like the other players that summer. The camp brought together some of the top musicians in the state that year.

Playing piano in Harrison Hall (1998). By 2025, this dorm was demolished to update campus. My dad’s father was a piano player but never had the chance to teach me. A cousin, an amazing player, taught me the opening to Tony Terry’s “When I’m With You” before passing from cancer.

Along the way I met amazing players who shared techniques that carried me through projects, and I am grateful. They are al

Let’s go 2009 baby! Basement of our apartment townhome. Talk about super humble beginnings, just doing what I could with what I had. I was working with M-Audio BX8a studio monitors, an Mbox with Pro Tools 7.4, and my Mo8 Motif, all set up on that super comfy desk chair with no back. The laptop at the time was pretty solid, paired with an old desktop tower that ran my early system. Man, this was a 

This was around April 2012, about two years after buying our current home. Look at that lovely wallpaper. The best part is that after a nice basement remodel, I now use that same space to film the Generational Wealth Video Series!