I'm a singer/songwriter from Chicago, IL.

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I grew up outside of Cleveland, OH, and started playing music at the end of 9th grade, around the year 2000.

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It was while getting my undergrad at Arizona State that I really started writing and recording my own songs. I self-released my first album "This Could Be Good" in 2004, and have been writing, recording, and self-releasing ever since.

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In 2007 I moved to Chicago to find a place to find work, which I did in various minimum-wage jobs until 2011 when I began working as a primary-grade teacher.

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It's not easy, balancing the external demands of work/life with the internal demands of creativity, but I'm working toward a set of sustainable internal systems that will allow me to continue to write, record, and release songs. Hopefully for the rest of my life.

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I've always loved and embraced the DIY ethic - both it's advantages and it's limitations. It's fun (terrifying?) to see where creativity leads. 

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I appreciate you taking the time to listen, and am grateful for you sharing the insane (but also banal? and beautiful?) journey that is life with me.