I am a musician, music teacher, and sound guy living in the Providence, RI area.  I consider the study and practice of music to be my life's work, and am thankful for any and all opportunities to work in the field.  I hope that this website serves as a platform to display some of the projects I have worked on, and as a place to continually publish new work.  It also functions as a way to find and communicate with me when contact has been lost.

My musical style is informed by a wide variety of artists and groups, here is a short list of some of my most important influences, in no particular order:

• Ravi Shankar

• Harry Manx

• James Brown

• George Harrison

• Fela Kuti

• Giovanni Bottesini

• Parliament/Funkadelic

• Laurie Anderson

• Joel Quarrington

• Slim Gaillard

• Yusuf (Cat) Stevens

I also enjoy things like woodworking and lutherie, and I research local history and family history.  My favorite thinkers include Marshall McLuhan, Joseph Campbell, John Caldwell Holt, Roy Wagner, John Perry Barlow, Michael Pollan and James Burke.  I am also very interested in anthropology, and worked for a few years as a field archaeologist in northern New England.  I've also spent time working with traumatized youth in state custody and adults with disabilities. For the last several years, I have been the manager of a small, non-profit museum in Providence, and have been the principal bass of the Chamber Orchestra of Barrington at St. John’s.