Among other things, I am a Reiki Master and Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist. I am well-versed in a varity of healing modalities, and I use this knowledge in creating the music and audio available here.

As for my musical background:

I began studying piano at the age of seven. I took lessons for five years before my mom got sick of paying for them because I didn't practice enough. In sixth grade, I took up the saxophone and fell in love with it. I had talent, and won a state-wide competition for a full-tuition music scholarship based on a solo I played for a panel of judges.

So with this scholarship, I went to the University of Michigan, where I studied classical saxophone with world-renowned Don Sinta. (Yes, there's a classical saxophone community, and to study with Don Sinta was quite an honor.)

Unfortunately, I had developed chronic fatigue syndrome at the age of 17 after a bout of mono. This made it difficult for me to weather the expected three or more practice hours per day at a rigorous music school. I did end up with a music degree but bowed out of saxophone performance by the time I graduated due to my poor health.

Because of this severe disappointment, I stayed out of music after college. You kind of get the impression that you need to get top-notch at a young age or forget about it. There was a lot of pain and regret there, and it felt better to just move on.

Still, after college, I found myself dating music producers here in Los Angeles on occasion. I would get a bit envious that they were making good money at music, and I had gone through four years of music school with nothing to show for myself.

You see, for a girl in 1988, the idea of pursuing music production was not even an inkling in my brain. I wish my guidance counselors had known better, but that was a different time. Heck, sexism still exists in the industry today. How many female music producers have you heard of?

In some respects, however, I'm glad I never got into the music biz, since it can be a nasty business and even in college being a "serious musician" kind of took the fun out of it.

Recently, I found a yearning for music again after being around some musical people. I picked up the guitar for the first time in 2006 at the age of 36. Then I started making some music. The great thing about doing it now is that there's no pressure to be "the best." I don't need to be a rock star. I'm doing it because I am having fun. And that's one thing music school could not give me.