My love for electronic music started at the age of 12, when I had purchased a copy of Walter Carlos' Switched On Bach. That album was such a revelation to me. I had never heard anything like the sounds that were coming from my stereo speakers, I was hooked, from that day on.  I was in love with the instrument called the synthesizer, but oddly my career as an electronic musician didn't start till many years later. I had been playing guitar for many years in various bands, I kept finding myself feeling very constrained by the rock n roll formats. While I enjoyed playing, I found writing for the guitar very monochromatic. Sort of like being in a art class but only able to paint with 1 color. My first experiments with the synthesizer came in the early 80's when I had built up a very small rig consisting of a Korg 770, Korg MS-20, Crumar Orchestrator and a Honer electric piano. I found the tonal palette to be quite liberating. There were sounds I could now use that opened up new vistas of music for me. None of my original recordings of that studio survive (thank goodness). About a year later I began studying Electronic Music from Dr. Rodney Oakes, it was there that I got my first chance to actually play a Moog Modular Synthesizer. Besides the Moog's Dr Oakes had an EMU Modular that I was to compose my class final on.   (I do still have that recording)  A few years later the explosion in MIDI controlled equipment hit, I was forever hooked.  There were more sonic textures than I could have hoped for, and better yet a new style of music was coming to the forefront that was totally synthesizer based.  It was called "New Age" music.  I always found the term a bit confining and under that umbrella there were numerous sub categories such as Space Music, Ambient, and many many others. It was at that time I decided to pursue electronic music in earnest, I began building a serious studio and read everything I could get my hands on about the industry. I also started a MIDI BBS for electronic musicians called “Random Noise MIDI BBS” this was many years before the Internet and I had the chance to meet and get as well as give advice to many professional electronic musicians through the system it was a great time in my life. My first real step into the film scoring came from USC, the film was called Breakfast On Another Planet and like most student films was as strange as the title. But it was a perfect learning experience that would pay off not long after. While still building up my studio and equipment the opportunity arose to score a TV series, I was contracted to score a 10 part TV series titled "The Practical Guide To The Universe" hosted by Tom Selleck. This was bigger than anything I had done to date, so I got together with another good friend who was also an electronic musician named Bob Christian and together we able to meet the production demands of the show. This partnership worked so well that we ended up receiving a Tele Award for music. We would continue to work together for many years. All this time I had been still working here and there on an album project. Because we were so busy scoring TV shows I had little time to follow up on the album project. One thing about TV and Film scoring is it really messes with your ability to compose a regular piece of music. I'm currently working on my album project again, hopefully I'll be able to get it finished by spring. In the mean time enjoy some of the samples of stuff I've written which may or may not make it on the disc. Credits: USC Film School UCLA National Commercial Spot UCLA Special Presentation UCLA National Commercial Spot TLC The Practical Guide To The Universe Hosted by Tom Selleck TLC Sharks Masters of the Sea (Shark Week) TLC Jurassic Reef Secrets of the Deep TLC Search for the Golden Hammerhead Secrets of the Deep TLC Secrets of the Whale Cave Secrets of the Deep Discovery Channel Aquanaut's Guide to The Oceans. PBS Surviving the Big One. (Earthquakes) PBS Blue Water Diaries Lost Warriors of the South Pacific. Seeya MC

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