I lived many decades expressing the wholeness of my musical personhood as a touring, composing performer. To perform nightly, I adopted many means of holistic self-care, tools to possess longevity, performance endurance and drive. Over the course of three decades I wrote a thousand songs largely on my main instrument, the guitar, which I've played for over 35 years. The voice, however, was my first "instrument" (and one that we all possess), which I discovered the day I was born and howled. I've also loved playing piano, bass and drums, though now I love most the music of single notes and consistent frequencies or, even better, silence or the sound of distant randomness.
I produced handfuls of records and ultimately pursued a Masters in Music Performance and Production from Berklee College of Music. I studied traditional jazz harmony and produced a collection of Duke Ellington-inspired compositions in grad school, but by the time I got my graduate degree, I was already largely inclined toward another facet of musical purpose, which is better described as “musical thinking” or “creative wellness”. My undergrad work was also in music as well (Berklee) and Indigenous Cultural Technologies of Music (Naropa University).
While I performed, composed and recorded for a few decades, I moved around much of the world, living in Europe for handfuls of years (mostly in Spain, France, Denmark, Holland and Germany). I traveled for musical projects, to Montreal, to Marrakech, to Bermuda… often writing government grants in art and music. I also directed study-abroad art immersions for Oberlin music conservatory students in Barcelona, worked with High Security Prisoners, TED students, top international consulting firms, etc... supporting voice, expression and strategic creative development. From about the time I was 21, I developed a distinct methodology of voice.
My voice-work work extends in various directions, all interrelated. Last year, for example, I "brought to voice" a 400-page historic-fiction novel, the story of a client. I’ve supported the voice of internationally-awarded scientists, National Geographic explorers, Eurovision Winners, film-makers, top global executives, financial wizards. I also often work with people suffering (sometimes terminal) illness or with various physiological conditions, including endocrine disease, MS, Autism, Lupus, Epilepsy, Paresthesia, dysphagia, reproductive issues, immunological disease, arthritis, bipolar condition, Bell's Palsy, disordered eating, anxiety, depression and more. For years, I've worked virtually as well as in-person, and I teach a somatic global vocal immersion/exploration called NEST. Throughout the diversity of the demographics I’ve worked with globally, It’s been profound to experience that people all over the world can struggle with similar aspects of vocal discomfort, feel an expressive limitation or a lack of connection to their own unique voice and purpose. It is in first-handedly seeing the benefits of sharing the practice of voice, that I feel inspired to find ways innovative means to support the creative expression or "voice" of humanity.
I produced handfuls of records and ultimately pursued a Masters in Music Performance and Production from Berklee College of Music. I studied traditional jazz harmony and produced a collection of Duke Ellington-inspired compositions in grad school, but by the time I got my graduate degree, I was already largely inclined toward another facet of musical purpose, which is better described as “musical thinking” or “creative wellness”. My undergrad work was also in music as well (Berklee) and Indigenous Cultural Technologies of Music (Naropa University).
While I performed, composed and recorded for a few decades, I moved around much of the world, living in Europe for handfuls of years (mostly in Spain, France, Denmark, Holland and Germany). I traveled for musical projects, to Montreal, to Marrakech, to Bermuda… often writing government grants in art and music. I also directed study-abroad art immersions for Oberlin music conservatory students in Barcelona, worked with High Security Prisoners, TED students, top international consulting firms, etc... supporting voice, expression and strategic creative development. From about the time I was 21, I developed a distinct methodology of voice.
My voice-work work extends in various directions, all interrelated. Last year, for example, I "brought to voice" a 400-page historic-fiction novel, the story of a client. I’ve supported the voice of internationally-awarded scientists, National Geographic explorers, Eurovision Winners, film-makers, top global executives, financial wizards. I also often work with people suffering (sometimes terminal) illness or with various physiological conditions, including endocrine disease, MS, Autism, Lupus, Epilepsy, Paresthesia, dysphagia, reproductive issues, immunological disease, arthritis, bipolar condition, Bell's Palsy, disordered eating, anxiety, depression and more. For years, I've worked virtually as well as in-person, and I teach a somatic global vocal immersion/exploration called NEST. Throughout the diversity of the demographics I’ve worked with globally, It’s been profound to experience that people all over the world can struggle with similar aspects of vocal discomfort, feel an expressive limitation or a lack of connection to their own unique voice and purpose. It is in first-handedly seeing the benefits of sharing the practice of voice, that I feel inspired to find ways innovative means to support the creative expression or "voice" of humanity.