Raised in Southern California and based in New York, I am a man of many obsessions. I grew up playing video games with my two older brothers, and despite the many Mario Party-related injuries that resulted, I still credit this with some of my fondest memories, including my introduction to the magical musical worlds of Koji Kondo, Grant Kirkhope, and the like.

One inspiration led to another; first there were various stints on piano, drums, and guitar, followed by four years playing brass in marching and jazz bands with like-minded nerds, and then another four years studying film scoring and game design at NYU. Now nearing the end of my master’s in Music Technology from the same school, I have been further reconciling my passions with innovative and world-class production techniques, as well as the joys of deep audio implementation systems in games.

More than simply accruing more knowledge and student debt, I’ve been leading a busy post-undergrad life of scoring indie films, working on my own games, and playing trombone at the occasional bar show for free drinks.