At the edge where the arts, technology, and business meet, there is a space where creativity opens and new ideas take form. Much of my life has unfolded in that space.

Along the way, I have had the good fortune of learning from remarkable people. Teachers like Jerry Moore shaped my understanding of music. Mentors like Tom Beckman provided guidance in the world of business. Collaborators like Bill Martin helped build communities around creative work. Each of these influences contributed to a path that has never belonged to a single discipline.

My early work began in software. In 1983, I released my first program, Composers’ Assistant, followed by a series of music processing systems including M.E.S.A. These projects explored how computers could extend musical thinking, not just record it.

That exploration expanded into performance and community. Together with Bill Martin, I co founded the American Center for Electronic Music, presenting concerts and events across the Southwest. These experiences brought together composition, technology, and live performance in a shared space.

Over time, the work moved deeper into systems design. I developed approaches to analyzing audio as a continuous stream, captured in the concept “Method and Apparatus for Wave Analysis.” This phase focused on understanding sound not only as music, but as structure and pattern.

That idea eventually led to a more ambitious system. A visual synthesizer that combined audio synthesis with pattern based visual generation. The goal was to explore how sound and image could exist together as a unified, responsive environment. This work included software development, visual studies, and live demonstrations, forming a bridge between technical research and artistic expression.

From that work, a new direction emerged.

What began as systems and experiments evolved into questions about perception, interaction, and the nature of experience itself. Those questions became the foundation for my work as an author.

LumaSynchrony grew directly out of this exploration. It carries forward the same ideas of pattern, response, and emergence, but expresses them through story, character, and world.

Today, my work continues to move between music, visual media, and narrative. Recent projects combine Latin, South American, and jazz traditions with contemporary video and animation, creating new forms of expression that extend the same line of inquiry.

Across all of these efforts, the focus remains consistent: to explore how sound, light, and story can come together to create a meaningful experience.