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And what is a bio really for? Is it to understand the person you are reading about? To learn about their life, their experiences, their reason for pursuing the dreams that push them forward? If I were to create a bio, I would probably mention that I have loved music since before I ever knew what love was. I guess I would say that I started playing the piano and taking voice lessons when I was in grade school and I didn't pick up the guitar and really start writing music until after high school, at which point I had traveled quite a bit and started to realize how big this world really is. Then I would finish the bio with a long, and probably quite wordy, explanation about how I have dedicated myself to music ever since.

But why does a biography always have to be about the past? Right Now is where I'm living and breathing and Now is where I am using all my energy to create the music that I hear inside my head. Truth is I feel so much creative energy building up inside of me I feel that if I don't get these songs out I will probably go insane... or at least drive everyone around me crazy. So here I am. In the present, writing a "bio" about the present-tense of things, rather than the past. Here, I'll give you the important information

I'm sure you all know what it feels like for something, some inspiration, to take hold of you and drive you forward. Well I feel that my own desire to create music, to transform the thoughts and feelings from the experiences of my days and nights into sound laced with emotion, is so strong that I have no choice. It’s a feeling I have continuously pushed aside. I have created excuses for myself to not spend the time to at least try to get this sound out of my head. Work. School. Life. Something was always a priority. But I can't say the time was wasted. It was not. Every day that I didn't get this project started was a day I visited other avenues of life on this planet, met so many people so much wiser than myself, and slowly incorporated into my music the understanding that what is important are the relationships we create with the people around us.

Although I've been doing things in life, working, studying, traveling, etc... I couldn't help but get this growing feeling within myself that I was standing still. I saw the world moving around me, friends growing up and getting married, people taking hold of their lives and making their dreams a reality, but I couldn't help but feel that the progress of my own life was being prevented, blocked by this invisible wall. I was writing music the whole time, but it took a while for me to realize that what I wanted, what I needed, was to be able to say that I tried, that I Really did everything I could to get this sound out. This is something I need to do before things in my life can start moving again.

With the completion of “All My Words,” I’ve hit the ground running and I’m already working on the next album. Keep watching for updates, I’m here to stay and may end up playing a show near you before too long… Stay Tuned, and thanks for listening.