This Award Winning Songwriter writes about life & love. Picking up a guitar in 2002 led to writing melodies. The Vocal songs's range from Pop, Folk, Rock, Urban, Alt/Cont/Classic Country, Blues, Jazz, Acoustic to R&B. Instrumentals also include Latin, New Age, Smooth R&B/Soul, Bossa Nova, Neo-Classical, World Beat and Holiday music.

"Desert Sun" was a Top 5 Folk Finalist in the MTV VH-1 "Song of the Year" Contest in 2004! And in 2008, "You Are The One" was #2 in the very same MTV VH-1 Contest! In 2005, a few Love Songs won the LoveJoy Worldwide Peer Contest at a Prestigious Indie Site, a very nice honor considering there's almost 100,000+ members!

In July of 2008 the Top 8 songs on MP3.Com "Easy Listening" charts were held by this versatile songwriter. The same year heard "Black Ghost" winning an "Acoustic Song of the Month" in an Int'l World Wide Song Contest.

Over 75+ vocal & instrumental songs have charted in various genres on Prestigious sites such as MP3.COM, RadioIndy, Indie Charts, SoundClick, Broadjam and Indie-Music. The current CD Project, "Good Day In July" is available to buy as well as individual Song & Ringtone downloads from CD Baby, Verizon Wireless, Sprint Wireless, Walmart, Amazon.Com & I-Tunes!

The MTV & LIFETIME Cable TV Networks licensed "LASALLE ST.","CARTER'S REVENGE" & "TRAIN TRACK GUITAR" for TV/Film use in 2010! "Matthew's Song" was licensed in a Canadian Motion Picture! EOS Music & SIRIUS Satelite have licensed 24 songs for their use!

Music to be licensed for TV and Film is at many of the Elite Music Libraries worldwide, including Audiosparx, Pump Audio, SongCatalog, SmashTrax, LabelSound & Blue Scout Music! Enjoy!

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FILMOGRAPHY:

-- The MTV Cable TV Networks have licensed "Carter's Revenge" for placement in TV/Film in 2010

-- Israeli Short Film...."Casus Belli",(cause to a war). "Lasalle St" & "Bright Lites City Nights" licensed in 2008. (Check Video Tab on Steve Dafoe Site for performance.)

-- TU BETA TS'ENA---Water Is Life.... Motion Picture from Canada licensed "Matthew's Song" in this fiilm. 2009

-- USA Festival Top 10 for Film ("Ole' Ghosts") 2007

-- FOX Sports TV. The New Age songs "Erik's Song" and "Golden Rays" in Pre-Production. 2009-10.

-- MTV & Oxygen TV Networks for TV/Film take "LASALLE ST." (Chicago Piano Blues) & "TRAIN TRACK GUITAR" (Acoustic Guitar) has been licensed for TV/Film 2010

--"Ole Ghosts" on Major Network TV in a Short Film/Commercial Video 2008

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The #1 SONGS CHARTING at MP3.Com, Radio Indy, Indie-Music......

"South Carolina Way" #1 MP3.COM (Easy Listening) 08
"East Of Eden West Of Hell" #1 (Rock) Radio Indy 09
"You Are The One" #1 Radio Indy (Folk) 07-08
"End Of The Road" #1 Broadjam (Chicago Blues)07-08-09
"Tommy" #1 Indie-Music (R&B) 09
"Why Don't You?" #1 MP3.COM (Easy Listening) 08
"Black Ghost" #1 BroadJam (Roots Rock) 08
"Stay With Me" #1 BroadJam (Country Religious) 07
"Not Finished Loving You" Pop)#1 Radio Indy 09
"For All Things To Come" #1 MP3.COM (Easy Listening) 08
"Through To You" #1 MP3.COM (Easy Listening) 08
"Don't Let Me Go" #1 Radio Indy (Country) 09
"Following Lincoln" #1 (Jazz) SoundClick 09
"Bar Of Lost Souls" #1 (New Country) Indie-Music 09
"East Of Eden West Of Hell" #1 (Hard Rock) Indie Music 09
"Darling, Have I Not Done This Well?" (Country) #1 MP3.com 09
"Storm Of Days" (American/Alt. Country) #1 Indie-Music 09
"Memories Of You"(Easy Vocals) #1 MP3.Com 08
"If I Asked" (Country)#1 "LaSalle St" (Chicago Blues)#1 Broadjam 09
"Last Great Cowboy" (Acoustic)#1 Radio Indy 09
"Not Finished Loving You" (Pop)#1 Indie-Music 09
"Love And Leaving" (AC) #1 Indie-Music #1 Radio Indy 09
"Shoes Of A Fisherman"#1 BJam(Folk)09
"If You Have The Time" #1 Radio Indy 09



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AWARDS, PLACEMENTS & PUBLISHING!
AWARDS, PLACEMENTS & CD COMPILATION SETS:

- 2008 (JAN) Acoustic Song Of The Month..."BLACK GHOST" at BROADJAM

- 2008 MTV- VH1 Song Of The Year..."You Are The One" #2 in FOLK

- 2006 Winner (Peer Review) LOVE JOY Contest
at BROADJAM (96,000+ members)

- 2004 MTV VH-1 Song Contest....4th place for "DESERT SUN" in the "Folk" genre.

- 2004--2010....15 songs including "Why Don't You", "Distant Thunder", "You Are The One", "Stay With Me", "Slow Burn" and others were pressed onto Nashville Ltd. Special Edition CD's for distribution to Retail and A/R people. Courtesy of the PARAMOUNT GROUP.

- 2006 "Black Ghost" pressed onto "RIDE THE TRAIN" series! Vol # 32. Distributed WorldWide.
Issued By NBT Records.

- 2006 John Mayer Songwriting competition......"Finalist" with "Lone Cowboy"

- Director Award's (12) from Paramount Group for Song Writing Contests. 2004-Current.

- 2008-09 "Holiday Wish" compiled onto the "HOLIDAY ALBUM 2008" for LTD. release in the USA.

- 2008 ISSA Folk Finalist (2nd Place) with "The Last Great Cowboy".(Independent Singer Songwriter Association).

- 2010 EOS Music and SIRIUS SATELITE Radio pick up 24 songs for Channel play.

- 2010 60+ Songs/Loops for RingTones placed with Verizon, Sprint & Boost Mobile Wordwide

- PUBLISHING is at NBT Records West Virginia & MERNEE Records Alabama & AUDIOSPARX Florida.