Where it all began...

   So I was talking with someone I met for the first time a few nights ago and the thought of where and when music became a serious pursuit and what caused me to pursue it. I thought I would share it here...

   So before entering high school in fall of 1999, I had recently gotten into the Final Fantasy games starting with Final Fantasy VII. I loved the game so much I fully intended to purchase the next game in the series - Final Fantasy VIII, which was scheduled to come out in fall of 1999.

   So after purchasing FFVIII and started a new game, I watched one of the most life changing three minutes of my life in the opening sequence of the game...

    Now for some, this might not seem that revolutionary. However, having played games since I was a kid, I was used to hearing the MIDI renditions of the music. To finally hear real instruments being utilized in games amazed me. Even the improved MIDI patches used in the music that you hear throughout the game amazed me.

   So well over a decade ago, just as I was starting high school, I made the choice to pursue music seriously. The dream has been to compose music for video games ever since. Nobuo Uematsu, the composer of a vast amount of music in the Final Fantasy series, influenced me on that day and continues to do so as I pursue and refine my craft.