Welcome to my personal website. It is intended to serve as an outlet for me to express my personal view on a variety of topics that interest me including music and life. It represents a work in progress and reflects my perspectives on life in the times in which we live. As I continue to add content to it I will be using the various blogs in the About Me section to share my thoughts on whatever it is that currently has attracted my interest. It is not my intention to offend anyone by what I may say but with mankind being what it is chances are that someone will probably regard something I write as being offensive to which I will reply "I'm sorry you feel that way."
My initial rationale for developing this site was to create and define my online presence in the world and to share my music and my thoughts on music with whoever happens to chance upon them and finds them of interest. Since beginning the process some three months ago this purpose has evolved somewhat and I am shifting the focus here more toward those interests and views that impact me directly while moving the more general music content to the companion site LetsPracticeMusic.com. Although there will likely be significant overlap between the sites this will allow me greater flexibility in maintaining these sites. As the sites develop I will provide a means for readers and viewers to contact me and possibly share their thoughts as well.
I started development of this online presence on March 23, 2020 to "share my thoughts about those things that matter the most to me in a way that I hope any readers, viewers, and listeners will see as a positive experience and go away having been moved to have shared in my perspective of reality. In 2015, after much soul searching about God, life, and my purpose in life I have mostly come to the conclusion that my purpose is to do as I have been doing as a husband and father, and that music, being one of the prime motivating factors throughout my life, is the domain to which I will devote my attention for the remainder of my life, second only to that of my wife and children. I believe my mission in life is to give glory to God through the creation and sharing of my musical talents with humanity and that my calling is to produce music." I know the mention of 'God' conjures up all kinds of disparate images in readers and I will likely attempt to discuss my views on the subject within these pages but they can be simply summarized as 'God Is.' Still, my predominant emphasis is to use this site as a base from which to share my life and my ideas about music while using other platforms to provide more targeted content about learning, performing, producing, composing, and recording music such as various social media, streaming, and file sharing sites. I have recently been accepted into the University of Georgia's Hugh Hodgson School of Music and anticipate that over the next several years I will begin producing the music I have been hearing in my mind throughout my life.
I am thankful for all the gifts I have received in my life and I hope you will in some way be blessed by what you may find here.