About Me
Originally from Burbank, California, I'm a composer, producer, and sound technician, currently based in Glasgow, Scotland.
In July 2023, I received first-class honours for a bachelor of music from the University of Sheffield. I am currently studying an MSc. in Sound Design and Audiovisual Practice at the University of Glasgow.
I did not have a conventional start to my music career. Deeply fascinated by the sciences as an adolescent, I always saw myself becoming a scientist. For a few years at a time, I tried my hand at programming and computer science then at the biological sciences, and for a while it looked as though I would pursue a career as an ornithologist. I had my acceptance letter to University of Washington, but for some reason I felt unsure. Sometimes I joke that I was simply fed up with people not knowing what “ornithology” was; truthfully, I was anxious about my future in STEM. I have always pursued the arts to some extent, and the more it looked like my future career would preclude them, the more uncertain I was of this path. I spent a few years in community college hiding from this fact; during this time, my mother would be diagnosed with cancer, and my choice became clear as a result. I still loved the sciences, but it was obvious that only the arts could fulfill me.
My participation in the arts is varied, but I consider myself a composer above all else. I do not like to engage in the kind of magical thinking that is sometimes applied to music by its creators. In the grand context of the human experience, it is not any more important than the other mediums of art. It is, however, more special to me for the simple reason that I am more capable with sheet music than I am with a paintbrush or pen. I still enjoy creating other kinds of art, but I am a maker of music above all else.
My published work includes four solo LPs as well as the debut EP for the artist Used to It. All of these projects were produced, tracked, mixed, and mastered by myself. My unpublished work includes myriad compositions—some of which are available on this website–as well as the sound design for three of Sheffield University Theatre Company (SUTCO) productions: Mortals, Wuthering Heights, and Rope. In my final year at University of Sheffield, I was Head of Radio Technology and Head of Sound as well as Head of Imaging for Forge Radio. Currently, I work as the sound technician for “Mimmo's Tequila Jam Night” at the Indie-Go Resurrection in Sheffield.
My participation in the arts is varied, but I consider myself a composer above all else. I do not like to engage in the kind of magical thinking that is sometimes applied to music by its creators. In the grand context of the human experience, it is not any more important than the other mediums of art. It is, however, more special to me for the simple reason that I am more capable with sheet music than I am with a paintbrush or pen. I still enjoy creating other kinds of art, but I am a maker of music above all else.
My published work includes four solo LPs as well as the debut EP for the artist Used to It. All of these projects were produced, tracked, mixed, and mastered by myself. My unpublished work includes myriad compositions—some of which are available on this website–as well as the sound design for three of Sheffield University Theatre Company (SUTCO) productions: Mortals, Wuthering Heights, and Rope. In my final year at University of Sheffield, I was Head of Radio Technology and Head of Sound as well as Head of Imaging for Forge Radio. Currently, I work as the sound technician for “Mimmo's Tequila Jam Night” at the Indie-Go Resurrection in Sheffield.
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