Artist Statement
Throughout my artistry, I have stayed in the vulnerability and worked honestly through my fears and withholds. After receiving more clairvoyance as an artist, my commitment to stay true to my music is stronger than ever. I have come to realize during my molting process throughout my music education that I am an outlaw in its purest form, so being a solo artist is self-evident. As a writer, I need to express myself fully by producing my own music, which has been greatly influenced by my journey in the tidewater area of beautiful Southern Virginia, where my rebellious Rock and Roll energy is fueled by the ghosts of pirates on local beaches, and my muse is nurtured by the sweet flowering trees and the gentle atmosphere here in Hampton Roads.
My first album, Yellow Mustang, was the journey of a lifetime. The songs are each paradigms of my specific types of artistic communication. They are stories about despair, love, adventure, and social status, and with each song I reveal the questions, the poignance, and the pain, through my artist style.
Perhaps the centrifugal force of my art can be found within the bombshell messages inside of it - which allow people to ask questions through what I create - and the music encourages people to interpret things for themselves. My Bombshell is this: "Wake up, everyone! Why is this happening?? Look at this! Why?? You don't need these lyrics, they need you!!" So, I am continuing to raise minds, inviting a higher level of consciousness with my next album, Cheap. I have broken down barriers and moved away from the cookie cutter in my music and fully embraced my own musical eclecticism. A line is crossed. I have wondered how people will feel or what they may think or how they might respond to Cheap once I release it as very sensitive issues are addressed. Ultimately I have to stay true to my art and believe in it with my whole being. My producer in Virginia disclosed to me, "I want to work with you because I think you have something to say." The playfulness that Rock and Roll naturally brings out in me, combined with the Soul and R&B that inspired me to write the song, “Cheap" (Stevie Wonder to be exact,) and the original progressions and styles of Classical Guitarists have all influenced this album.