It made a lot of sense to use my own name!

Yes. Primarily in churches. I'm the organist for my church so that's every week. Other than that it's for special things - like my Christmas CD I did last fall.

For the first time it's possible to make music widely available with very little production and marketing costs. But it comes at a price - or should I say - no price! Good music will always find a paying audience though.

Yes. I'm still doing this for fun right now while I still have a real job as an engineer and plant manager. If I decide to get serious about it, signing with a label is the only way I would do it.

My roots are in classical music (Bach is a favorite). I've played everything from bluegrass to rock and had a lot of fun with all of it. In addition to the piano, I play the pipe organ for church, and acoustic guitar when I'm taking a break from the piano. I get together with friends whenever I can and swap out on a stand-up bass, mandolin, banjo or fiddle (not violin).

I started thinking seriously about doing something on my own 2 years ago. "The Last Smile" was my first original composition. I released a Christmas CD last fall and am currently working on my first original CD.

My influences were Floyd Cramer early on and Dino during my college years. Jim Brickman's style is very similar style to mine. George Winston is another favorite. My music is relaxing - both for me to play it, and for you to listen.

I play a Kawai piano, and the music you hear on my site was recorded using a Kawai MP9500 stage piano. I work mostly in my home studio using a PC and SONAR 2.1 to record.

I hope to have the CD with the songs you'll hear on my page ready by next spring. I'll let you know when it's out!