A 10-year old girl asked me yesterday if I was better than everyone else in my class at music when I was her age. I answered honestly and...

I have a friend who recently was offered a really cool job on a TV show. Someone told him “Wow, you are one of those overnight success pe...

Mozart once said “It is a mistake to think that the practice of my art has become easy to me. I assure you, dear friend, no one has given...

I am honored to be featured on the Composer Catalog web site. A link to the interview is posted below. If you are a composer and are look...

My friend Panos Kolias recently shared some things on FB that he learned last year and asked if I would do the same. Being someone who lo...

When I first got started scoring films I sent an email to one of my mentors ending with, “When I hold my thank you speech at the Oscars, ...

Have you ever heard a piece of music used in a TV show or film score and thought "I am as good as that composer! Why didn't they hire me?...

Some years ago I sent a friend request to a producer via FB. I also sent a message introducing myself. I told him I was a composer who ha...

Some days ago Nathan and I celebrated our wedding anniversary. It made me ponder what has made our marriage strong and happy. Some of the...

Some years ago a counselor told me he believed I had “Chronic Depression”. I refused to get help, because I did not believe that there w...

A while back I contacted a young composer, who has amazing talent, and asked if we could meet. I did not say much beside that I was a fel...