I started out as a trumpet player and band leader in my late teens to early twenties. Around 2004 I taught myself how to play guitar and started singing when I turned my writing journals into original songs. Since then music has been my full-time job. I tour consistently, I write constantly, and never stop working on my craft. As a kid I dealt with abuse and in many ways, music saved my life. It allowed me to release anger and sadness as a child and now as an adult it allows me to connect and continue to heal.
I have opened for some of the biggest names in music. I have traveled as an independent solo artist from Ohio to Florida’s Gulf Coast every winter since 2016. In 2019 I represented the Northeast Ohio Blues Alliance in Memphis, TN for the International Blues Competition where I placed in the Semifinals as a solo artist. During the pandemic I started streaming regularly on Twitch and FB Live, connecting with new audience, and keeping my creativity going. It has been a journey of musical exploration, triumphs, and setbacks but I wouldn’t trade it for anything.