Many years ago I was a classical musician
…and worked in non-profit arts as the general manager of the Ritz Chamber Music Society.
But I stopped performing in 2011 and from 2014-2019 I pretty much didn’t touch an instrument. I am now working on bringing back my performing and composing skills and getting back to chasing my dreams in music. It isn’t quite like riding a bicycle but, well, you can follow along and see how I’m doing. For now I’ll leave you with the last song I recorded, a surprise video for my wife on our wedding day back in 2014.
When The Music Stops
My evolution as a songwriter is pretty concise. Despite composing classical music since I was a toddler and even taking music composition lessons at a local university as a young teenager, I did not write my first song until the summer before my senior year of high school. I wasn’t a vocalist, and with my...
2019-2029 Ten Year Plan
For the sake of clarity, accountability, and transparency, I am presenting my family’s updated high-level plan for the next decade. Kelly – My wife intends to focus primarily on her leadership coaching business. This includes life coaching, personal development, business coaching, corporate consulting (with Delivering Happiness), programs and retreats, etc. We are planning to stay...
Intro to Music
Music has been a part of my life since my parents played Mozart recordings for me in my mother’s womb. I began formal violin lessons at the age of three and piano soon after. Theory and composition lessons, youth symphonies, competitions, summer camps and festivals all deepened my commitment and involvement growing up. Eventually, after...
Don’t Call It A Comeback
In early April I went back to Jacksonville to judge a piano competition. For the past eight years I have been drifting further and further away from my musical life/roots and almost every year I have been promising will be the year I come back. But here in 2019 I am finally actually reversing my...
It All Begins On Mother’s Day
It has been about five years since my last studio recording, a surprise video for Kelly at our wedding. I also intended to surprise her with a live performance of a song in Cantonese, but the logistics and last-minute preparation for the wedding proved too time-consuming. I intended to work out the lyrics to the...
