Biography

I'm a worship leader at heart, so much of the music I play and write centers on Christ and His amazing gift of grace and salvation. My passion is to pour out my heart for Him in all that I do. It's my hope that the music and videos I create are a blessing and encouragement to you.

My purpose is to create music that points to Jesus and connects with people. I believe music is a universal language and can create a connection between even the most different of individuals. My hope is that the music I write connects hearts with others as well as with our creator. 

I am married to my best friend in the world, Heather, and we have four incredible kids. Ethan, Isaac, Aubrey, and Owen. After my walk with Christ, my family is THE most important thing to me on the planet. Music comes in after that in a solid third place.

I am very involved in my local church as worship leader and director of music. I also have a day job... yep, gotta pay those bills. I work as a marketing director doing photography and graphic design. 

I was born and raised in Michigan and grew up on a farm. Although religion wasn't a focal point of my upbringing, my parents took me and my sister to church on Sundays and gave us opportunities to get involved in other church related activities. I'd say I had a pretty normal childhood.

As early as I can remember, music was a huge part of my life. My parents always had the radio on. My Dad listened to The Eagles, Bob Seger, Smokey Robinson, and Motown. My Mom's musical taste included anything from top 40, to country, to Broadway Musicals. For me, it was Rock-N-Roll! Loud guitars and big drum kits all the way!

Making my own music was something I did from a very young age. I was around 7 or 8 when I wrote and recorded my first song on a cassette recorder. I used coffee cans for drums, played an old acoustic guitar and sang. It was awesome. I pretty much do the same thing to this day… except for maybe the coffee cans! LOL!

In college, I was introduced to Christ in a new way. I fully committed my life to Jesus and naturally the music I wrote and listened to shifted a bit. My love for rock music and other contemporary styles didn't change much, but the content of the lyrics became my focus. I started writing a ton and filling notebooks with songs that reflected my life experiences and faith in Jesus.

In my 20s I met my beautiful wife, Heather. We were married and she encouraged me to pursue my music more seriously. So, through my 30s I put together a couple Christian music groups named “Without Excuse”, and then “MiddleTree”. We recorded albums and played concerts all over the state. It was great, but as my wife and I were starting our family, we decided to take some time away from the music scene and focus on raising kids!

Today, I am excited to have an amazing group of friends to do music with, Nate Winkelman on drums, Christopher Freeman on lead guitar, and Rodney Brown on bass. These are super talented men and I am very blessed to play with them!

Thank you for listening to the music and I hope to see you out there on the road!