Creative

I’ve been writing and performing music since I was in high school. I had success in 2006, 2007 with a band that was featured on a Starbucks compilation released in North America and Europe. We leveraged that release for a North American tour across 36 different states before returning home and … breaking up.

The Fenbi International Superstars.
My next creative foray was a return to my first creative foray. A band that acquired international flavor and innocently created its own renditions of cultural traditions. The Portland Mercury wrote:

”There is no Fenbi on the map. But if this fictional locale did exist, your pushpin would reside somewhere deep in landlocked Europe, a mythical land that borders both Ireland and Russia, populated by roma and other borderless musical gypsies. Portland's Fenbi International Superstars borrow from all those locales, creating a vast and palatable global sound that sounds at times like Shane MacGowan and others like Raffi (seriously). Their five-song self-titled EP is out tonight, and the band is adding some visual flair by broadcasting their cute animated video for its finest track, the slinking "Two Miles from Home." Such ambitious musical globe-trekking doesn't always work for the Fenbi International Superstars—there's just too much ground to cover—but if the band can stay focused on a single sound, they might have something here.”

Well, we didn’t remain focused per se - we scattered around the country in pursuit of education and income - but we did create this music video leaning heavily on the talents of a friend that’s also an animation professional.

FolkeFIRE.
My latest project weaves personal finance and folk music. Can I earn a million dollars by retirement through my love for obscure Irish folk music and singer-songwriter type ballads? I think I can! It may sound crazy, but the math checks out and I’d be a fool if I didn’t try! Read more.