Welcome! Thanks for taking a moment to view my profile & listening to the music, if you do… I hope you’ll find it interesting.

Music is a funny thing, yes? Every living thing on this planet responds to and recognizes tone & melody; there are few things in life that are so universal. I find it fascinating that something so seemingly simple can unify a nation, embed a memory that lasts a lifetime, and bring a strength that can inspire us through the most trying of experiences.

Second only to love & life itself, music, however you hear it, is a gift that should not be analyzed but instead freely given, freely received, & cherished for simply what it is.

Life is experienced through so many different perspectives & most of the pieces I write are, in one way or another, a representation of my experiences or those of friends. – To that end, I would like to invite you to send me your stories, as they are often my inspiration.

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My goal, like so many others, is to have the freedom in this life to spend my time writing and sharing music. It is the language we speak, when words can’t be found. It is our core, our connection…

Brief History
I remember my first composition, entitled “Christmas Tree”, composed at a whole 4 years old. I can still play it – it’s quite terrible, though I suppose mom liked it.

In jr. high, my dad bought me my first keyboard (Proteus)… which opened an entirely new world to me.

Then Tangerine Dream happened…followed by Vangelis, Manheim Steamroller and Yanni, Enigma and Enya.

When high school hit, I ditched as often as I could, played in clubs downtown, and started writing and recording.

By the time I met my wife, I’d managed to put together a decent room full of keyboards and a Mac SE-30 for sequencing (funny, huh). I took her to my studio for our first date. We ended up playing music together for hours.Thirty days later, I proposed to her.. in my studio.

Twelve years have passed and here we are. Recently, a new little person joined our family; my daughter has given me reasons to write music that I never imagined possible.


Influences
Predominantly, Michael W Smith. However, I find the music of Mozart, Bach, Joplin, Vangelis, Vaughn, Elfman, Howard Shore, E.S. Posthumus and a host of others very satisfying.

It’s difficult to select a category or genre for my music, though people usually comment that most of my work sounds like it belongs in a movie or tells a story. To me, it’s just music that sits in my head until I get it out.

- Russ

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Russ is a composer & producer who, for more than a decade, has succeeded in capturing the thoughts and inner moments of his listeners, while their minds wander into memory, imagination, & aspiration. He continues to write when the muse inspires, as those who already know his music ask for more.

Russ composes for story and film, for occasion, & for the pure joy and contentment it brings.

A musician in every sense of the word, he awakens with a dream-song echoing in his ear, hears a symphony in the wind, and marvels at the possibility of filing his days with the process and challenge of being a full time musician.

Pause for a moment, as so many others have, and let your mind soar to a far away place of wonder, sweet memory, and discovery. Listen…