These truly are strange days. When this year started I could not have predicted just how much things would change in such a short time. As I tried to process everything that's going on I started spending more time in my studio with my greatest therapist. Music. I started writing songs about everything I'm feeling.

Every year the Songwriter’s Association of Canada does a songwriting challenge. You have to write one song a week in response to a challenge issued by a pro. This week's challenge was to take two old unfinished songs and mash them up into one finished song. Here's what I came up with: This

Every year the Songwriter’s Association of Canada does a songwriting challenge. You have to write one song a week in response to a challenge issued by a pro. This week’s challenge was to write a song with someone else. I ended up working with Brent Schmidt who is a really great lyricist and songwriter. Here's the

Every year the Songwriter’s Association of Canada does a songwriting challenge. You have to write one song a week in response to a challenge issued by a pro. This week’s challenge was to write a story song. Having just watched “The Big Short” I wanted to tell a story about the financial crisis. So I

Every year the Songwriter’s Association of Canada does a songwriting challenge. You have to write one song a week in response to a challenge issued by a pro. This week’s challenge was to write a song either using a 1 bar riff or only 2 chords. I went with two chords: Am and F. Here

You can download my brand new song Man of Stories for free here: Little Trinity commissioned a bunch of artists to respond to the parables in Luke 4. This was my response to the introduction of that chapter. I tried to imagine what it would be like for an ancient bystander experiencing the words of Jesus

I've launched my Kickstarter campaign.  I'm raising money to help me mix, master, and print my upcoming record.  You can check it out here.  Let me know what you think!

I submitted my Kickstarter for their internal review, and they've sent it back to me saying it's ready to launch.  Which is crazy, exciting, and somewhat scary.  Here's my synopsis for your perusal.  Kickstarter to launch soon!   Over the past six months I've been writing, recording, and working towards completing an EP.  I'm almost

So I'm plugging away trying to get a kickstarter set up and running.  So far I've worked out some of the rewards and started to tell the story of what I'm trying to accomplish.  I'm excited about this but a little nervous.  I've always been afraid to fail, but over the last little while I've