“Remembering you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” -Steve Jobs, Stanford Commencement Address 2005

I have always been an individual stimulated by changes and challenges. These two things excite me and furthermore seem to remind me I am alive. Following new opportunities that cross my paths and keeping an open mind to change has always presented me with the ability to pursue my passion for music, and I am eternally grateful to everyone and everything that has helped shape the unique story of my life thus far.

I have had an amazing career with Apple over the past 6 years. I’ve learned a wealth of information from the most desired company on the planet and have acquired many friends and amazing relationships. Apple has helped me to define myself for half a decade. I’ve watched the company grow from possessing only a fraction of the market share to literally surrounding my every day with the innovative products I helped to release !! I helped to build in-store music programs, taught countless classes on Pro Level software, and had the opportunity to study the unique world of Steve Jobs’ success as well as the skills of the innovative minds that worked along side of me. These moments have changed me as a person. I embody a world of gratitude for Apple, Inc.

Apple, I salute you. You have changed me.

February 10th will be my last day as a Creative Coordinator for the tech giant. I’ll be embarking on the next chapter of my life as a full time musician and entrepreneur. Although there is the frightening element of the unknown for me, I welcome the challenge and recognize that I have the greatest support system one man could ever ask for. I am positive this change will deliver a promising and happy future for me !!

In the year to come you’ll be hearing about all the work I’ve been engaged in, including The Vanity Belles, We The Songwriter, Buffstock 2012, my upcoming record Circus of Idols (to be released through PledgeMusic), and even a novel I’ve been writing!

I’ll also undoubtedly be hitting up all my singer/songwriter friends for advice about my new endeavors, as I’m excited to learn more and more about this field.

Life feels light again. I am upon her edges and I scream into her canyons, “Geronimo!”.

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“20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the one’s you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” -Mark Twain