About

Although I made a career in engineering, I always enjoyed playing music and starting from an early age had my run with guitar, drums, piano, and now the bayan, a type of chromatic accordion.

I’m grateful to my teachers and artists who taught, helped, and inspired me through the years. I actively sought out different approaches while learning to play the bayan and I’m grateful for what I found.

Technique

Kenny Werner’s “Effortless Mastery” taught me an approach to performance that works for me. When I compose I can’t tell you where the ideas come from, they just appear, bit by bit, and I write them down. That’s why my albums are an eclectic mix of genres. I don’t really plan for what style the next song is, it just comes to me.

Finally

I compose these songs for myself and expect no one else to like them, however I’m thrilled if someone does, especially if someone else tries to perform them.

I’m a bayan player in Santa Barbara, California. That’s why my artist pseudonym is “Santa Bayanian”.