As a musician, I've played a wide variety of musical genres over the years, and I think that shows in the eclectic nature of many of my songs. And like so many other writers of my generation, I grew up listening to pop and still identify with that label as much as anything. That being said, I tend to believe that a lot of what I grew up thinking of as "pop" music is today probably more at home in the country family than anywhere else. When I first decided to put some of my songs out for others to hear, I wasn't even sure how to classify my music, as far as what genre to call it, and as a result, I've changed that listing here several times, trying to figure out where is the best fit for me. That's where being "eclectic" can be a bit of a curse, but to me, the different musical styles are like colors in the pallette, and I would hate to think that I couldn't use a color, or in this case a sound, just because it comes from a style of music that I'm not generally identified with. It's often fairly easy to identify particular styles, and sometimes even individual artists' influences within any one of my songs, but most of the time those influences change from one song to the next. That variety is what makes writing and recording interesting and fun for me, and hopefully entertaining for listeners.