I was born in Manhattan, but grew up in Seattle. In the second grade I picked up the guitar, and in the sixth I picked up Linux, and these two seemingly disparate interests formed the basis of what would define my early adulthood.
When I was in early high school, I’d determined I’d wanted to pursure an undergraduate degree in music composition, as I had developed quite an affinity for classical music at this time, and had enjoyed composing solo guitar pieces. My high school music teacher at the time however required that I spend some time learning the art of recording and audio engineering if I intended to study at music college. After some initial resistance, I took to it, pivoted away from composition, began my undergraduate studies at Berklee College of Music, and later graduated with my degree in Music Production & Engineering.
Much of my time in my final years at Berklee was spend recording classical performers at New England Convervatory, and working on Hi-Fi recordings around the Boston area. Upon graduating and moving back across the country to Seattle, I continued in this field for several years both doing freelance work and spending time at scoring stages in the area.
After some time, it became clear that this career path was not the path to the life I wanted to build, so I left for the tech world based on my prior interest and aptitude, naïvely believing that having more worldy resources would lead to the life I wanted. While I learned a lot, the process of trying to find any stability in that world can be described at best as demoralizing. It was about this time however that I was led to the Church, and began the process of converting to Orthodox Christianity.
Among many things, the Church has taught me that having faith and trusting in our Lord is far more valuable than any worldy thing, and this is of great comfort as I continue to refocus my energy and efforts on working out my salvation.
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