Maybe I'm late to the game, but I finally held my first streaming concert last Wednesday, Sponsored my City of Tempe Arts in the Parks. I guess I just needed to get paid up front to have the motivation to finally do something live, ha. But it went really well, and I...
A Song for My Father…
Me and dad when I was only 6.I had this dream last night that I was back home in Alabama. It didn't really look like home, but somehow I knew it was. There were no walls, just infinite space surrounding the clutter I sat on - clothes and furniture and things strewn...
Welcome to the Rollercoaster of Shock and Grief
Me and Dad at my wedding on Halloween, 2008."Hey Mom! How's it going?" I asked, as I promptly answered the phone, surprised to get the call. "Well, not so good... He's dead." Enter profound shock and grief. It was a month ago today that he died. This has been the...
The Backstory to By My Side
By My Side is about finding the people with whom we really connect - the people who will help us fulfill our purpose in this life. I wrote this song just over two years ago when I felt that Bohemian Insurgence was really taking shape: some parts of the song are...
We Sold Out The Nash!
We sold out The Nash! It's so exciting to be able to share those words! And I feel this is just the beginning for Bohemian Insurgence. I'm so excited about this band. We have such a great vibe and unique sound! What an amazing amount of support we received from so...
By My Side Release
I've been spending a lot of time over the past three years really trying to define what is my authentic, unique sound. I think I've begun to really achieve it, finally, and it's a blend of my jazz and Americana/folk/soul roots. This is part of why my June 8th release...
5 Things You Need to Do to Be Ready to Leave Your Day Job
A lot of people have asked me how in the world I left a lucrative 6-figure engineering career to be a full-time working musician. Well, it was hard and a lot of work, but with the proper planning, I was able to make it happen and eventually make even more money as a...
Great weekend shows with Bohemian Insurgence!
This weekend was an absolute BLAST playing with my band Bohemian Insurgence!! We had a fun string of gigs starting Friday at Tempe Center for the Arts, then Saturday at the Tempe Festival of the Arts for a mid-day set. We closed out the evening headlining the...
First Stop motion short – Involuntary Recruitment
I was Working on making new percussion instruments out of seeds from the Texas Laurel tree and got tired of drilling holes in the seeds and wanted to make a break. I ended up getting out my DSLR camera and opened up DragonFrame and started to play around with...