Bio
Bilingual in English and French, I’m originally a jazz tenor saxophonist by trade and a devoted CBC Radio One listener since childhood. I was born in Regina, grew up mostly in Calgary, and studied music at McGill University from 1992-1996. After finishing at McGill and getting married to a Calgary girl, we moved to Halifax so that she could train in medicine at Dalhousie University. We quickly fell in love with the East Coast and we’ve stayed in Nova Scotia ever since. Currently, we live in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
I’ve been a stay-at-home dad since around 2004, but the bulk of my professional experience has been in music performance, marketing research, and IT project management. Since university, I’ve worked in various technical, HR, marketing and sales positions with marketing research, software and technology companies in Halifax and Montreal. I’m also a car nut and a voracious consumer of music. Presently, I research and write about music, health, cars, technology, spirituality, software, and the internet. I also serve as Vice-President of Programming on the Board of Directors for JazzEast Rising Association, producers of the TD Halifax Jazz Festival each July.
Our family is rounded out by three young kids (1 girl + 2 boys) and two Labrador Retrievers (one black and one yellow, both male).