Bio

I am a 25 year old gay male musician and composer from South Minneapolis. My mother, who called me the nickname that I eventually took as a stage name, taught me how to play violin in childhood and who--in adulthood--gave me a viola, even though in adolescence I quit classical for guitar, piano and voice.

I recorded an album at 16, but promptly discovered that I didn't have the life experience to write good songs. And also it seemed like most musicians were in it for money and power, as though music was a means to an end I didn't respect.

So in college I pursued political theory, thinking that it would give me insight into the structures of power/knowledge that create inequality, slavery, and violence. It wasn't until after college that I rededicated myself to music, this time because it is the most effective way of communicating the messages that are now bursting out of me.

Skills and talents

Viola, violin, guitar, piano, and vocal performer. Composer. Lyricist. Researcher. Mythologist. Philosopher.

Interests

altered states, ancient civilizations, Astrology, consciousness, Fucking Magic, Mythology, numerology, Prophecy, Sacred geometry, symbolism, Weird Science

What I'm Reading

Albert Pike, Manly P. Hall, Helena Blavatsky, Ursula K. Le Guin, Jim Marrs, David Pinchbeck

Education

High school

South High School

College

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities