Before the novels, before the paintings, before the realms of story — there was music, my first language of storytelling..
Beginning in my early teens and extending for thirty-five years, I worked as a performer, teacher, and collaborator with musicians and students from many walks of life.
In 1998, I realized how many singers were losing their voices rapidly — unable to last a full performance, or sometimes even sing that second Karaoke song. That led me to develop a teaching approach that focused on the body itself as the instrument — a method I called SingSmart, Not HardTM. Rather than forcing the voice, the method followed a ten-step process that emphasized awareness: breathing, posture, resonance, and learning how to allow the body to work with the music instead of against it.
What began as an idea to help other singers became the foundation for a series of teaching books, audio exercises, software, and lessons used by singers, teachers, and schools.
Today my creative focus lives primarily in writing and art, but the lessons music taught me never left. Listening deeply. Expressing honestly. Finding the resonance that makes something feel real.
Those same principles still guide everything I create.
SingSmart, Not Hard Curriculum
- Singing Is Easy
- You Can Sing with Impact
- Affordable Singing Lessons
- SingSmart QuickStart
The SingSmart, Not Hard training materials were written long before online video lessons became common, but singers and teachers still reach out looking for them today. For that reason, the books, audio and software (Flash-based) remain available.
We have recently upgraded our website and working to make these products available here. Please contact me if you need them sooner.
A Few Musical Moments
Music remains one of my favorite — and most powerful — ways to tell a story.
For those wonderful people who still reach out to me about singing and performing—thank you. Your messages always bring a smile.
You can still catch my first character, “SingerGirl,” in a few live performance clips on YouTube.
Watch the YouTube playlist here.
While I have no plans to return to the live stage (aside from the occasional rare popup), music remains in my life — just in a different form.
I now explore music the same way I explore stories—by producing songs and videos for the characters themselves and the journeys they experience.
You can hear the first of these character-inspired originals below – Raven Reynolds of Raven’s Resurrection. Stay tuned for the full album release.
The First Door
Music was the first door that opened for me creatively.
It taught me how breath shapes sound, how emotion shapes expression, and how the smallest shift in awareness can change everything.
Those lessons eventually found their way into novels, paintings, and even the quiet work of building sanctuaries and stories.
Different mediums.
The same search for resonance.