My biggest musical inspiration is Steve Perry of Journey fame. Not only do I think he is the greatest singer I have ever heard, he is vastly underrated as a songwriter and producer/engineer. I grew up loving rock/pop music with a strong melody and I consider myself as on a lifetime quest for the ultimate melody. Other influences include Vangelis, Aimee Mann and Atli Örvarsson among so many more. Musically, I recently became a full-time composer after spending almost 35 years corporate America and as an entrepreneur, so I am blessed to now be able to spend my time focused on building my music career. I started this by completing a six month composing program under Marc Jovani at CinematicComposing.com where I met my two musical partners - David S. Bart and Gregory Bolomey - and together we founded Valknut Music Production (www.valknutmusicproduction.com). We all love what current music technology allows us to create.

I have been really impressed by Kompose Audio's instruments and find them to be quite inspiring. I have loaded on my DAW workstation Arcturus, Time 1, Equuleus Nano. I'm planning on adding Vitrics, Tureis and Arcturus Nano as well. I like them because they sound lush, emotional and are instantly inspiring.