From the start, the saxophone felt less like a choice and more like a direction. As soon as I was old enough to join the school band, I stepped into every ensemble I could. Music shaped my early years and carried me into Ball State University as a music major. But like many paths worth taking, mine wasn’t a straight line. After a couple of years, burnout hit hard, and I walked away from music completely.
The break didn’t last. In my mid-twenties, while pursuing a business degree, I crossed paths with a local big band. That band was Truth In Jazz, and that moment pulled me back into the sound I thought I had lost. I’ve played with them ever since. In returning, I rediscovered what first drew me in: the discipline of theory, the craft of building a tone, and the quiet satisfaction of creating the sounds that fill the world around us.
Most of my work lives in the jazz tradition, but I draw from classical, electronic, pop, and rock. I’ve learned that music doesn’t move in straight lines; it blends, evolves, and follows its own logic. I try to do the same.
Alongside my life in music, I’m also an entrepreneur and a pilot. Each discipline demands clarity, patience, and steady focus. Those habits shape the way I play, the way I work, and the way I move through the world.
