When I was 4 years old, I saw a cartoon of a big band made up of animals. When the wolf/drummer took a solo, I said, "I want to do THAT!"

Companies including Pepsi, Dodge, A&E and AMC have used my music for their national TV and radio ads and I have created many songs for Nickelodeon toy commercials and PBS children's programs.

As an arranger, I prepare the little black notes on the page for the musicians to play in the recording studio. Since 1985, I've been using Macintosh computers for this task and other production chores like audio recording and MIDI programming.