I am a Singer, Songwriter, Worship Leader and Pastor. I grew up in Dothan, Alabama and graduated from the University of Alabama and Berklee College of Music where I was a winner of the BMI Foundation’s John Lennon Award for songwriters. I spent five years (2002-2007) in Nashville, Tennessee writing, playing, and teaching music (mostly country). I was serving at a church in Peoria, Illinois before my wife Olivia and I moved to New York City in 2008. She is an opera singer and I am the Worship Pastor at Shelter Rock Church in Manhasset, Syosset, and Hicksville, NY.

I love all kinds of music from Country to Gospel to Rock. Some of my all-time favorites are James Taylor, U2, Bruce Springsteen, and Steven Curtis Chapman.  Coldplay, Little Big Town, Jon Thurlow, and Paramore round out some of the artists I’m currently listening to (I know that is crazy diverse, but it’s me!).

In that spirit, I write and post many different things on this site.  Sometimes I might post a (usually) brand-new song in what I call the “YouTube Sessions.”  Other times I write in a series named “Just My Opinion” which is just that — I wax eloquently (ha!) about anything I want from music to business to government to faith.  I might also throw out recommendations / reviews of music, TV, movies, whatever catches my attention.  Recently, I’ve even started writing some devotional posts.

So, let me know what you think and…welcome!!