About me

In 1977, I took my first job in sales. I sold pianos and organs in a big shop in a major shopping mall near Toronto. In 1979, I attended the Baldwin Piano Company's advanced training academy - one of just two people from outside the USA to be invited that year. I graduated top of the class, and was offered a job at one of their elite franchises, but turned it down. A year later, I owned a franchise with one of their competitors.

I was involved in sales, management and more recently training, for the majority of my career. I built a reputation for being able to take complex information and present it in simple terms that everyone could understand.

Poor health eventually forced me to abandon that demanding schedule, and I turned my attention to online marketing. I founded my first site in 2008, and continued to make my living online until my deteriorating health brought my working days to an end.

I also spent 15 years playing in, and writing songs for, gospel groups in Canada in the 1970’s and 1980’s, but I put my creative efforts on hold for many years due to family and work commitments.

I have suffered from depression all of my life, although it was not formally diagnosed until 2008. Since being diagnosed, I have used music as a form of therapy, and it had been extremely helpful in restoring a sense of order to my life. The music I write now covers a wide spectrum, from choral to country, jazz to pop, with a focus on inspiration.