What’s my music about & why do I do it?

My musical core is improvisation – I’m a storyteller more than a traditional performer – with clear unfolding grooves and rich textures and harmonies that express deep feelings. I’m influenced by jazz and pop as well as classical music. I’ve also released some classical piano repertoire which I play in a very accessible way with natural, flowing manners.

I love all art forms that inspire deep feelings… something that I can genuinely connect to or naturally relate to. Music that’s self-consciously cool or clever is not for me. I enjoy creating simple, pure, unsophisticated music just as much as complex, rich, deep expositions. Sometimes I like to make dazzling firework displays. Whatever I create, I want it to be a response to real life with all its joy, pain and mess, something uplifting to escape everyday experience and enter into a deeper, transformative experience, a fantasy realm that examines our inner world. I think the deepest purpose of music is to bring solace and catharsis. 

Like most people, I’ve had a few struggles in my life, and my music can grow from that struggle. But it’s not just a description; it’s a kind of magical medicine that I take to transport me and even heal my wounds. When I communicate using music, I aim to “speak” from my soul. Unlike words, which can hide or manipulate truth, music imparts a profoundly honest message. So music is a kind of alchemy: we can use it to face our darkest feelings, without fear or censoring, and transform them into something profoundly beautiful.

I dislike pretentiousness, preferring natural music free from contrivance. All music, from understated and modest to elaborate and virtuoso, can possess transcendental power. So, for me, making music is like mixing an elixir – something delicious and heart-opening that gives me the power to understand life, to cherish my story, warts and all. My hope is that others might enjoy and benefit from my elixir too. And if you do, then I’m thrilled that my music “speaks” to you.