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I'm sitting in the courthouse in downtown Portland, waiting for my name to be called for Jury duty. The people around me all seem relatively calm but I'd guess most of us are all filled with conflict. A small part of us wants to be neighborly, but mostly we want out.

So it's been about a year and a half since I first began my venture in the media world. I've written looooots of music, learned lots of things, and had some mighty successes. There have been some key successes along the way which give me hope for the future. The Advent Conspiracy promo landed over 800,000 hits, I landed a final with Massive Music New York which aired on National Television. I got the chance to work with Brent Asbury (Pinback), Dennis Culp (Five Iron Frenzy) and other exceptional people at Singing Serpent in San Diego. I also landed a final with them(a la Al Green/70's r&B, who'd have thought!) for Glory Foods.

Amongst the most exciting developments in my professional career are those surrounding Blue Scout Music. Blue Scout is a Portland based music production and licensing studio. We write music for many Portland based agencies and production companies, and we place music on lots of hip TV shows. Joey Prather is at the center of Blue Scout. At first I was a bit pessimistic that Joey's interest in working with me would materialize, but we have a studio space in downtown Portland and are proudly making our livings doing what we love.

I am learning quickly that the as long as I am in this industry, my spiritual duty will be to keep it from dominating my life. That is why I am forming a band with my wife.

Life is short.