I was born in Nashville to parents who were both musicians.  We soon moved to Jonesboro, AR, where I spent my years until I graduated high school, but I was always surrounded by music, whether it was from my parents performing music, playing music on the record player, or watching 80s MTV (you know, when they played VIDEOS).  Early on, I sort of learned how to play piano at a first grade level, but my musical training started with the trombone in jr. high.  I made top chairs in concert, jazz, and pep bands and was ALMOST an alternate for All-State Band.  I also had my hand at drums and guitar, but I've also been playing bass in bands since I was 16, drawing my influences heavily from Cliff Burton from Metallica and Jeff Ament from Pearl Jam.

I moved to Memphis in 1996 to go to college at the U of M to attain a degree in recording.  Performing music is a blast, but it's also interesting to know exactly what it takes to make the final product of the albums that reach our ears and we purchase at record stores.  I've been working at the store on Poplar and Highland in Memphis since 1999, and I've been exposed to many trends, styles, and production qualities in music.  I have since graduated, and I'm going 8 years strong working for this store.

TOP PICKS OF 2008:
1. Metallica – Death Magnetic
2. Ours - Mercy
3. Shinedown – The Sound of Madness
4. Muse – Haarp
5. Prosevere - Versus
6. Streetside Symphony – The Curse
7. Rodrigo y Gabriela – Live in Japan
8. Nine Inch Nails – The Slip
9. Bloc Party – Intimacy
10. 10 Years - Division

TOP PICKS OF 2007:
1. Foo Fighters – Echoes Silence Patience & Grace
2. Radiohead – In Rainbows
3. White Stripes – Icky Thump
4. Robert Plant & Alison Kraus – Raising Sand
5. Nine Inch Nails – Year Zero 

TOP PICKS OF 2006:
1. Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
2. Tool - 10,000 Days
3. Joe Satriani - Super Colossal
4. Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
5. Foo Fighters - Skin and Bones
6. Flaming Lips - At War With the Mystics

FAVORITE RECORDS OF ALL TIME:
(in no particular order)
- Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
- Metallica - Master of Puppets
- Yes - Relayer
- Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies
- Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
- Pearl Jam - Vs.

BEST CONCERTS EVER SEEN:
- Metallica @ Alltel Arena in Little Rock: Nov 22, 2008
- Metallica in Memphis: Feb. 2, 1997
- Pearl Jam in Memphis: Aug. 15, 2000
- Yes in St. Louis: June 30, 2000
- Soul Asylum @ U of M : Aug. 1996