THE STATS:

I was born and raised in Vancouver BC. I released my first demo at 15 years old and have been singing and playing solo somewhat-multi-instrumentally and with various bands for the past ten years all over Vancouver at venues such as:

The Railway Club,  The Media Club, Oasis Lounge, The Backstage Lounge, The Wired Monk, Trees, Cafe Montmartre, The Fairview, The Princeton, The Raven, The Cellar, The Bourbon…and wherever my travels take me including Whistler, the Yukon, Vancouver island, London, England and San Jose, Costa Rica.

In 2010 I appeared on 101.9 fm’s Friday Sunrise program and played my first outdoor festival, Sunstroke, in the Yukon but shortly afterwards reluctantly took a doctor recommended year long hiatus due to health problems. I am ecstatic to be returning to music this year and am currently recording my first full-length album.

WHY I PLAY MUSIC:

I songwrite because I’m pretty sure I have to. To be gross for a second, it’s kind of like going to the bathroom. The longer I hold off doing it the more uncomfortable I become. Writing is what helps me wade through the crazies in my brain to find out how I’m really feeling, what I should explore further and what I should learn to let go. I perform because for whatever reason, I find putting myself on the spot and bearing my darkest secrets in front of a big group of people I don’t know therapeutic. It’s weird to try and wrap my head around the fact that sometimes I actually get PAID to have people listen to me rant about my life and even clap for me when I’m done. While playing music makes me happy, cheesy or not, the very best part is actually when by fantastic accident I end up bringing other people some happiness at the same time.

WHY YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO MY MUSIC:

I struggle a lot with promotion: asking people to give me money to do something I get so much out of already, but as I really would love to play bigger shows, make albums, videos, tour and eat to live… I suppose I should try to do give you some reasons as to why I think you should hire me, buy my stuff or come to my shows.

I imagine that saying, “I just want you to, please do it” isn’t enough…

For me, I enjoy music the most when it’s honest and I can relate to it…

You might relate to my music if:

You’ve ever been reduced to a disgusting mess by breakups and hangovers all while being super pissed off you’re so wrecked over something so damn cliche, been so love sick that you actually threw up, people often think a lot of your sense of humor belongs to a stereotype of the opposite sex,  you’ve been unreasonably fascinated by human mating rituals, no matter how much you don’t like or try to make it go away you’re always going to be a hopeless romantic, you always want to remain in part a little kid and adore being completely nonsensical and ridiculous just because, you’ve lacked direction so much that you fear that soon all of your marbles will be lost forever, or you’ve been in a state of shock over how overwhelmingly beautiful and intricate something in the world is… You might like my stuff.

Even if none of that sounds relate-able to you, I can promise that at the very least, every single time I play I’ll be doing my absolute best to give you an honest, sincere show and to make your night at least a little more fun.

I suppose there’s also the option of just listening to some of my videos and recordings which you can find in the tabs at the top of the page and making up your mind about me that way..