Music is the thread that stitches my life together.\u00a0I was born singing, as are we all. My parents loved to sing and they both had beautiful voices. They met in a musical play in college.<\/p>\n
I remember our house as being filled with music, especially jazz and harmony vocals. Stan Kenton, the Mills Brothers<\/a>, Sons of the Pioneers, and all the big bands. Sing Sing Sing at Carnegie Hall<\/a>. Cool Water. All from the Curtis Mathes stereo, literally a piece of furniture, as big as a couple of dressers. I loved that sound, LPs coming out of that big resonant wood cabinet.<\/p>\n With my sister, we had four good voices, and singing harmony in the car was a highlight of growing up. My sister and I started writing songs together when we were kids.<\/p>\n I troubadoured randomly around the country with a guitar and the clothes on my back (hey kid, can you play that thing? hop in!), formed a rock’n’roll band, sang Christmas carols professionally, did singing telegrams in a chicken suit, and continued to write and record. I spent most of my “serious” career designing electronics for the remarkable L.R. Baggs<\/a> Corporation in California. They make beautiful, innovative equipment for amplifying acoustic instruments.<\/p>\n I’ve become increasingly focused on music over the past five years or so. About two years ago, I began working full time on music and almost nothing else. Soon after, I had a huge epiphany, the best intellectual and spiritual experience I’ve ever had.<\/p>\n