Themes and Concepts in Sound Volume 1

This October I will be publishing my first solo album. I have selected six songs from the music I have written in the last year to be bundled together for Volume 1 of a continuing project. Recently I discovered a business and a couple of indiviuduals reusing the audio from a Reel video clip I shared on Facebook that had some of my original music on it. I was pleasantly surprised that they used my music and it opened up the door for me to look into how I can make my music more available for people to use like this. I decided to publish my music as a collection on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music and all the typical platforms and when I do that I will make it available for Reels, Tiktok, Youtube and all the short video social media platforms. I have the music mixed down and ready to submit for someone to master it. I definitely want some fresh ears for the mastering process. I’ll pay someone that does that service professionally. All of the artwork will be my own original art.

I have always been inspired by the Beastie Boys album The In Sound From Way Out (1996) which was a revision of the original The In Sound From Way Out made by electronic music pioneers Perrey and Kingsley in 1966. I actually own both on vinyl. The thirty year gap between those albums being released and my album is very intentional. I didn’t try to clear the name The In Sound From Way Out. I definitely want to do my own thing with it and just sort of give the Beastie Boys and Perrey and Kingsley respect for inspiring me as much as they did.

I have started Fall semester. Among the classes I have are the OSHA 30 Electrical class, Fundementals of Industrial Machine Repair, English 215 and this crazy 5 credit hour math class that includes a corequisite class. So far, in the last 7 days since class has started I have spent 3-5 hours every day on that one class. I have a lot of photography projects going on this Fall. I’m planning on developing my own photos with a vintage film Canon camera. Also I have another memorial for a friend to share soon. Here is some of my recent photography and artwork.

Industrial area near CPKC Stadium Kansas City, MO

artwork created from one of my photos August 2026

Tommy the cat with low-light vibes August 2026

beehind -August 2026 Grain Valley, MO Butterfly trail

Butterfly season at the Butterfly Trail in Grain Valley, MO August 2026

artwork created from my photography August 2026