I have been making music for a half century now and I'd like to try to offer an artist statement or explanation of intent to anyone that might be interested. I was drawn into this magical world of music making by the sonics of late 1960s radio and the records being made at that time. It wasn't performative for me. I had read that the Beatles did not perform, they just made records and that sounded so appealing to me. I then learned that Steely Dan also didn't tour, they too just made records. Looking back, understanding that I had/have anxiety and depression, it makes much more sense why that might appeal to me, but regardless, that set me on a path of sonic exploration without a lot of concern about an audience. Not that I didn't want to be successful, I just naively thought that an audience would somehow find me. 

Later on, I was fortunate to experience the absolute religious joy of communing with an audience and the adulation that comes with that but more often than not I found myself feeling less than satisfied sonically and artistically. What I've realized is I'm more of a sculptor or painter than performer. I create these instrumental pieces that I want people to listen to and be moved by but I don't have a need to stand up before an audience so they can WATCH me play them. I guess I didn't get the memo about the entertainment part of the entertainment industry, actually I don't think I got the memo about the industry part either. 

What I'm trying to communicate here is, these pieces that I've created with the collaboration of all of the brilliant and generous humans that have joined me, are my Art. And I hope you enjoy and interact with them as you might with any other piece of art. I hope someday people will gather and listen to music in spaces not designed to sell alcohol or hotdogs or anything else, and we will not listen with our eyes, and music won't be wallpaper. Until I find that space and time, thank you for reading, listening, and the subsequent validation.