My Story

I grew up singing in church. I knew that God's hand was on my life from the time I was 11 years old and  the call to be a worship leader came when I was 14. I felt music so deeply in my soul, even when there was none to be heard in the room. I cannot get enough of being with God, singing His praises and bringing others along to experience Him with me.

Giving up a full vocal performance scholarship to Marshall University, my parents scraped up the support for me to go to Kentucky Christian College. From there, I entered into full-time worship ministry, first in Lexington, KY and then in Sharpsburg, GA followed by 7 years at Mt. Paran Church in Atlanta, GA and 5 years as the Corporate and Creative Arts Pastor at Riverside Church of Fort Myers. I am currently the Executive Pastor at NorthField Church in Gallatin, TN. The local church has pretty much been my life for the last three decades. Now, I honestly cannot remember a time when my passion has been stronger to lead God's people in worship and write new songs for them to sing.




 

Gear List:

Acoustic Guitars:
Taylor DDSM
Taylor Custom 612
Taylor GS Mini Rosewood

Martin CEO 4r LR Baggs Pickup
Martin CEO 7/LR Baggs Anthem Pickup
Martin CEO 8.2/LR Baggs Anthem Pickup

Electric Guitars:
50th Anniversary Fender Stratocaster
Tom Anderson Hollow-T

Pedal Board:
LR Baggs Venue
TC Electronic Corona Chorus
Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Nano Reverb Pedal
MXR M169 Carbon Copy Analog Delay Pedal
Fulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive Pedal

Demo Recording Setup:
Macbook Pro
Logic Pro/Native Instruments/Waves/Slate Digital 
Ipad 2/Auria App
Apogee Quartet
Focusrite Octopre Dynamic

Mic Locker:
Shure SM 58 (3)
Shure SM 57(4)
Shure Beta 52
Shure SM 7
Rhodes NT 4 Matched Pair (2)
Rhodes NTK
Groove Tubes AM61
AKG Condensor
CAD Condensor

Drums
Pearl Session Custom
Gretch Catalina
Pork Pie Snare
Zildian A Custom 

Other
Kawai VPC1

Aurturia 88 Key Controller

Humble Beginnings:

This is the Church of Christ in Chesapeake, OH I attended with my family when I was very young.