I've been playing Piano and Keyboards my whole life, since about 3 years old. I have always loved
music and wanted to be a musician. I wasted a lot of time in my 20s doing data entry, and getting
a psychology degree. But when I was 30 I went back to UNCGreensboro and finished up a degree in music.
Ever since then I have been teaching and playing. Meeting Kevin Riggs was one of the best things that
happened to me, and he has encouraged and nurtured my goals. Now he's my bass player as well!
I write songs about what I think. When I write lyrics, I sit and just write down what I think, and
then I turn the words around a little to make them into lyrics. I've been singing since I was little
too, but only seriously in the last 2 or 3 years. UNCG taught me that to really be a musician you've
got to sweat the details. So that's what I do these days. I've been teaching and playing professionally
now for many years, and I always find something new to learn.
I say a big thank you to everyone who has been involved in this journey I am on. There have been a
lot of people who have helped in one way or another. Whether it was teachers who were good, or bad,
or friends who stuck by me, or didn't, it's all brought me here, and it's all good. To my students,
and to all young musicians everywhere, I say stick to your goals, trust yourself. And make sure your
goals are your own, not someone else's. Then if you work hard and still fail, at least you didn't waste
your time, the ride was fun. That's what you have to do.
Make the ride fun.
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