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About me

It was only a few years ago that I became interested in writing. I've written some articles, a few short stories, and I currently working on a novella.

I've composed 2 symphonies, as well as a handful of piano compositions.

Briefly me

My passion is ...

cars, fishing, music and traveling.

I know too much about ...

music, cars and medical billing.

My parents always told me ...

"always do the right thing!..."

My childhood ambition ...

to be a composer.

My favorite memory ...

fishing.

Why I write ...

because I enjoy it.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

The Bible.

My first job ...

Sizzler, I was 16 years old at the time.

My best moment ...

fishing.

My inspiration ...

my Mom.

Featured article by John Sarkis

Entertainment > Music Education The 12 tone standard in music theory: 2 of 2

Right around the time of Debussy, composers started to think outside the box of traditional harmony. Berlioz, Liszt and Wagner started it all really, yet they themselves were ardent romantics, so how it did all come about? It was precisely because they were ardent romantics that change came about. Wagner’s music gradually and gradually became so intense, that harmonic rules were broken in order to accommodate his personal emotions. Wagner, for the first time ever, used chords with little to no relationship to each other. Liszt even went as far as wr...
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