Father of 5, grandfather of 4
Co-founder, Songwriter, Producer, Keyboard and Bass player of Undercover
Co-founder of Brainstorm Artists International, a production company distributed by Word Records and Sony Music.
Served as Administrative Director of the Da Camera Society of Mt. Saint Mary’s College, producer of Chamber Music in Historic Sites.
Assistant professor of Music, Music Industry Studies at James Madison University and adjunct professor of Marketing at the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics at CSU Fullerton. I teach:
- Legal Aspects of the Music Industry
- Artist Management
- History of Rock
- Songwriting I and II
- Marketing of Recorded Music
- Music Marketing: Distribution and Retail (CSUF)
- Entrepreneurship in the Music Industry
- Music Publishing
I have a B.A. in Sociology with a minor in Business from CSU Fullerton, M.B.A. from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA and a M.M. in Theory and Composition from CSU Fullerton.
I have a Pharaoh Hound by the name of Mr. Stinky. It’s about his temperament, not his hygiene.