These are works that I wrote. I haven't put as much time and energy into them as I have the cover music that I perform. My mentality has been that I needed to get the covers going solid so that I could catch peoples attention as a street-performer in Waikiki. Playing popular music that people were familiar with helped me develop confidence in performing in front of strangers and I have benefitted from it in many ways. My mentality is evolving, though. I want to be even more expressive of who I am through the music that I play. There are a lot of covers that I play that resonate with me and that I can identify with, but I feel like its time for me to grow as an artist and as a writer. I am working on MAKING music and I will be sharing my journey and growth with anyone that pays attention to this small corner of the internet. Thank you for visiting, I hope you come back. Aloha!
Dedicated to all the men and women that serve and have served in the armed forces and all of their families. Written on May 25, 2015
I wrote this song about a lovely young lady after watching her play music. We became friends for a pretty long time. I never told her I was into her.
I recorded this right after writing it so its pretty rough. I wrote it based on a friend that I've seen having a hard time accepting complements about herself and her beauty.
This song is about recovery. **sorry about the guitar buzz, i had some bad frets.
This song is a dedication to my friend Joe that died from cancer. When I still lived in SD he did a really selfless thing to protect me, my son, and my wife at the time. I can never thank him enough.
The scripture in the song is a solid one. I LOVE it. (see what i did there)... guitar playings kinda sketch, i think i had been playing about 5 months in this one.
I wrote this after a friend told me about the struggles they have been going through in their walk (or not walking) with The Lord. I know that many people even believers have a legalistic view of God. I'm quite honestly the most jacked up person I know, and I am confident that he loves me regardless.
This is the first song that I wrote, it was before I learned to play guitar. I made the beat on my ipad with Garageband.
Not technically an original, more of a remix... I was learning how to use Logic and experimented with sampling to create this cover of Casting Crowns- Prayer For a Friend.
This ones silly and just fun. Not really a song, just a quick freestyle from a short series on my youtube channel recorded with friends using beats produced by @gtstudios