The Monterey Fire blends a variety of influences into a unique brand of intense, soulful, personal, honest music that is not always found in the mainstream. It was created in 2005. Making music in my home in Denver, Colorado, I started posting songs online and gained interest from music listeners worldwide.

From my earliest days I can remember being surrounded by music. From my parents I heard soul, funk and R&B, and from my siblings, classic rock, brit-pop, 80s synth pop and the emergence o...