A successful music career all begins with the songwriting. Obviously, you have to be able to write good songs in order to build any kind of listenership. Here you can learn tips and tricks for how to write better songs

The old way of making an income from music is dead. We're in the midst of a new and growing music industry that revolves around the internet. Here you'll learn how to build a fanbase online, and how to actually make an income from your music, without having to tour. 

Bad experiences in elementary school music classes and getting bullied during a private school class for learning the recorder made me want nothing to do with music.

Then I stumbled across a computer game called "Sim Tunes". 

Since I knew nothing about music, I just placed random colored dots across the screen (each representing different notes) and then watched as my instrument playing "bugs" made a horrible cacophony. I'm not sure how I was even able to tolerate the dissonance. 

But then one day, I heard something that sounded...well not "good", but harmonious. I had actually made music. Original music. On a computer in the basement. That blew my young mind, but it was still years before I did anything serious with music. 

Then, in 2014, I recorded an album and had it mastered by my friend Levi Laubenthal (the artist behind the Ethereal Cinematic project NIGHT). I then published the album just as something to check off my "bucket list".

However, that week of all day, non-stop writing, recording, and mixing in the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio infected me bad with the music bug, and I never recovered.

I dropped out of school at The Ohio State University where I was currently pursuing a BA in marketing at the Fisher College of Business, and decided to move half-way across the country to southwest Florida and join the family business. 

When I arrived, I discovered a school an hour away that taught audio engineering and music production. I enrolled immediately, and graduated a couple years later.