Who I Am
I am an American pianist, multi-instrumentalist, keyboardist, composer, arranger, and producer based in Asheville, NC, working out of my Black Bear Audio studio. I specialize in the rock, progressive, metal, film and media scoring, classical, pop, and folk genres.
I studied classical piano for ten years at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and in 2017 received my degree in music composition for film from Oberlin College and Conservatory. Some of my relevant experience includes: - Composition for video games for Saber Interactive (most recently Jurassic Park: Survival, Warhammer 40K: Space Marine II, Evil Dead: The Game, World War Z: Aftermath, and Dakar: Desert Rally) - Session live keyboards for Swedish progressive luminaries Pain of Salvation on their 2022 North American tour (including Cruise to the Edge and the "Perfect Element" anniversary show at ProgPower USA), and appearances at festivals in Spain, Romania, Italy, and more - Live keyboards for Miles Davis Band alum Sam Morrison - Pianist in cinematic duo Silent Skies, featuring Evergrey vocalist Tom Englund on vocals - Keyboardist of veteran multinational progressive metal band Redemption, with whom I played ProgPower USA as a co-headliner - Keyboardist and composer for progressive rock/fusion trio Lux Terminus, with whom I released a record in 2018, The Courage to Be, featuring guest appearances from famed Dutch vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen, Delain guitarist Timo Somers, and touring Leprous cello player Raphael Weinroth-Browne - Recorded keyboards and orchestrations for Haken frontman Ross Jennings' 2021 solo album - Alum of the Palomar Film Music Workshop (Larry Groupé, Roger Neill) and the NYU/ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop - Keyboardist in USA cinematic metal band Threads of Fate - Winner of the National Federation of Music Clubs competition for classical composition - Finalist in the ASCAP/Morton Gould classical composition competition - Recorded close to 100 piano arrangements of rock/metal/progressive music on my YouTube |
My Gear
I proudly use the following equipment:
- Nord Stage 3, Sequential Audio Prophet REV2, Moog Sub-37, Moog DFAM, Moog Mother-32, various Eurorack gear
- Marshall Studio Vintage Plexi, EVH 5150III EL34 amp heads with Boss, MXR, and Horizon Devices pedals and Suhr Reactive Load
- Amphion, Audeze, Sennheiser, and 64Audio monitoring
- Earthworks piano microphones
- Boston by Steinway hand-felted grand piano
- Kiesel, Fender, ESP/LTD, and Yamaha guitars and basses
- Apple Logic Pro X
- MOTU, Focusrite, Rupert Neve, Golden Age Project outboard gear and interfacing
- Avid Sibelius 7
- A variety of industry-standard software plugins from IK Multimedia, Arturia, Fabfilter, Waves, Plugin Alliance, Spectrasonics, Imperfect Samples, Synthogy,
Spitfire Audio, Cinesamples, EastWest/Quantum Leap, and many more
- Nord Stage 3, Sequential Audio Prophet REV2, Moog Sub-37, Moog DFAM, Moog Mother-32, various Eurorack gear
- Marshall Studio Vintage Plexi, EVH 5150III EL34 amp heads with Boss, MXR, and Horizon Devices pedals and Suhr Reactive Load
- Amphion, Audeze, Sennheiser, and 64Audio monitoring
- Earthworks piano microphones
- Boston by Steinway hand-felted grand piano
- Kiesel, Fender, ESP/LTD, and Yamaha guitars and basses
- Apple Logic Pro X
- MOTU, Focusrite, Rupert Neve, Golden Age Project outboard gear and interfacing
- Avid Sibelius 7
- A variety of industry-standard software plugins from IK Multimedia, Arturia, Fabfilter, Waves, Plugin Alliance, Spectrasonics, Imperfect Samples, Synthogy,
Spitfire Audio, Cinesamples, EastWest/Quantum Leap, and many more