Fort Lauderdale-based singer, songwriter, guitar player whose new album is expected to be released in March. He is the creator of what he calls beach-infused country music. Recently he became the Artist Relations Chair Holder on the Board of Directors for the Trop Rock Music Association and is already eyeing up a performance in November at the TRMA’s Award Show in Key West. On top of all this he works in the corporate world of pro audio sales, keeping him on the front line with all the latest recording gear.
"I always tell everyone that I work with, 'Give me a reason to quit and go play music on the beach full-time'."
"There are two sides to deciding when and how or what songs should go on your EP or your album. First of all there's a personal attachment to a song, whether that's you wrote it or played on it or sang on it. And then there's also a business attachment to it. Do I want to put this song out and have it represent me and who I am? Or do I want to put this out because I don't care, this is my heart and soul and this is what it is and who cares if only one person likes it?"
"Artists have that struggle all the time... Just sitting down and writing a song, the very first thing is, what are you writing about and why are you doing that? That in itself is something that's a huge hurdle to come over."
"I ended up going to Los Angeles and working in six, seven different recording studios over the course of three years... So I definitely got to work with some amazing artists and producers that were in it deep, that were top names, and got to learn their creative process as well as their demons and what they had to overcome in the studio."
"The pay was horrible. So that's the tradeoff when you enter this world is you have to take a pay cut but you learn all this wealth of knowledge and experience."
"I actually wanted to keep my love for country music but apply the lyrics and the words to the area."
"I get to sit and talk about what I love to do anyways as a hobby, which I encourage all of you to do if you can do in any way possible."
"Even the recording studio realm itself has been changing over the last six, seven, ten years. It used to be you'd have to go into a recording studio that somebody owned to record your album. That song (played at the beginning of this episode) was all done in home studios."
"When I talk to people I'm not looking to further my career I'm looking to enrich my music and my relationships with people."
“Coconuts in the Water”
"Down in the Keys"