917 E. Langsford Road

Lee’s Summit, MO 64063

917 E. Langsford Road , Lee’s Summit, MO 64063

816-482-6571

On Sundays nights at the little church in Des Moines, Iowa at age 5, I conducted the congregation on at least one song from the hymnbook each week.

When in the 3rd grade my family moved to Norwalk, south of Des Moines. I began Piano lessons on Tuesday mornings at 7am, around the corner from our house was my piano teacher.

Half way through my 5th grade year my family moved to Lenexa, Kansas, (suburb of Kansas City). I continued piano study, and I began teaching myself the violin.

In June of the next year we moved to Raytown, Missouri where I completed the 6th through 12th grades. In high school and through college and after most of my income was from writing accapella arrangements for quartets, small groups, and by tuning and buying, rebuilding and reselling grand pianos. I performed at weddings on guitar/ piano or was a solo vocalist. I was involved in many extra-curricular activities in the 7th through 12th grades. In high school I ran Cross-County, Out-door and In-door Track, played the school Orchestras (‘Cello, Bass, and Violin); I was in the Choir, on the school Newspaper, in the Foreign Language Club. I continued to study piano and I composed music constantly.

In the fall of 1974 I began my studies at the University of Missouri, Kansas City (1974-1978). My major studies were music education and music composition at the “UMKC Conservatory of Music“. I auditioned for entrance at the school and received a music scholarship for part of my education. I performed an original piano composition: “A Prelude“. Before college I had studied composition with Frank Erickson of Baldwin-Mills band series fame. I had a reading of an orchestral piece while in high school.

At the University I studied: German, Music theory, classical and jazz piano and voice. I absolutely loved going to the University! I should have been a better student; but I had to work to get myself through school. My parents paid for most of my education- but I paid for everything else. While I was at the University (Kansas City) I worked as a night manager of a Restaurant in a Department store. During the summer I’d work doing all kinds of jobs as well as performing regularly. One summer I drove a big limousine! Another summer I drove a Garbage truck! I like to work. I graduated from the University in December of 1978 with a Bachelor of Music degree in Instrumental and Vocal music Education and a minor degree in Music Composition. In July 1979 I moved to Bloomington, Indiana (IU).

After college, I worked as a musician (performing with many of the students I had gone to school with at the University), acted as band leader and arranger of many groups, taught full-time at a local High School, taught music at private music studio, preached and performed regularly in a variety band. (NOTE: I worked full time (40 hours a week), went to school full time and studied four instruments each semester term at the University; I went to college year around.) My instruments were piano, voice, cello and one other instrument in the orchestra during each one semester. In my second year of college. I went one semester (Fall 1976) in Iowa at Simpson College near Des Moines. I returned the Conservatory of Music in Kansas City. (Later, also, I went in the fall of 1979 I went one term to Indiana University.) In 1981 I lived in Los Angeles, CA and worked developing talent in the music business; worked evenings selling pianos for Baldwin Piano and Organ Company, lived and worked in the “music (Publishing) business” Hollywood, CA performing in local night spots as a singer.

I moved to Nashville, TN in October of 1983 working in a country band (played: piano/keyboards/fiddle/guitar/bass), Singer (solo/harmonies),: played with recording artists like Bertie Higgins: “Key Largo”; performed in show bands, played as a warm up act at concert venues, performed on TV, some studio work, sang, played fiddle, piano/keyboards, guitar, bass and even sax for a short time.

In January of 1986 I returned to Graduate School in Denton, TX for my master’s degree at the University of North Texas. I graduated in August of 1988 with a Master of Music Composition and a minor in Music Theory. Moved to Tampa, Florida in fall of 1988, taught in public school string music full-time, was on a the “Breakfast Beat”: a local TV show each week performing in a duo (played guitar/sang), taught privately in the University of South Florida Community music division/studio, performed regularly on weekends at venues (once at the Florida State fair along with the likes of Mike Snider of “Grand Ole Opry” fame and others). Moved to Kansas City, MO in 1990, I was self-employed rebuilding pianos/tuner/teacher/vocal arranger/composer and performed as Cocktail piano player/vocalist in club bands on guitar and piano until moving to Nashville, TN in August of 1998. where I did sales at American Keyboard Gallery and for the Pacesetter Corporation (I was top sales twice out of more that 450 salesmen.). I was the Creative Music Director/“Plugger” for several music publishing businesses and a songwriter/producer/Artist development professional until returning to Kansas City in the summer of 2005.

Since 2005:

Custom Siding and Windows, The Pacesetter Corporation, Andersen “Renewal“;

Independent Contractor (Renewal By Design): Sold In-home Windows, Siding, Cabinets, Floors, Awning, Blinds, Storage Space, Roofing

Tee Insurance Agency, “ADT Security“, Non-Profit Services, “The Pacesetter Corporation“

Cherry Heart Music, National Revenue Corporation

“Blue Marble Music“, “Skyline Creative Services“, (Singing Honey Tree Music Publishing): Song “Plugged” for new music sales, meeting with top leading Music Industry executives presenting new music, new Artists; Developed, mentored and assisted in promotion of new Recording Artists and Songwriters; Found Producers and Investors. Produced musical projects; Skilled Liaison.

Published Composer, Songwriter, Arranger

TV: Performer: “The Breakfast Beat”, TV-13 Tampa Bay, FL.

Member of BMI; Nashville Songwriters Association, Inc.