Have you seen my mojo? I can't find it. Honestly it's a rare occurance these days for me to so much as strum a guitar or even sit down at my DAW, much less record or write anything. My passion for music is either asleep or dead, I can't figure out which. I suspect just asleep, crushed by the weight of career goals, familial responsibilities, and a general lack of time and energy.

The worst part is that I have almost a whole album (or at least an EP) worth of pretty cool songs (if I do say so myself), just waiting for one of those blue-moon opportunities when I can record my lovely wife's lovely vocal tracks. Expect them about the time the last of our kids leaves for college. Ahhhh... life after 30. I never knew.

Things slowed down during the middle of 2005, I did manage to write a little bit of music for a remake of asteroids by my friend Dave Andrews. I decided to scrap Lovelabormusic, since I just lost the desire to keep listening to other people's projects while my own languished. Well, that, and I ran out of things to say. I have the domain name until march of '06, so it will probably sit there doing nothing until it dies in march.

Early 2005 saw me working on a project with my wife, but we've lost momentum on it as the growing demands of parenthood and day-to-day life have sapped us of the strength and time to finish much more of it. Which is sad, really, because we have about 5 or 6 tunes that really just need vocals and mixing. Maybe we might finish 1 or 2 in the coming weeks and I can post them up on the site.

I spent 2004 doing, among a few other things, some programming with artist/producer Kurt Kirton for both an upcoming release from his band, People in a Box, and a remix he did for Spektral Motion. The album, Find you again, is out and reportedly doing well.

You can hear some of my keyboard and programming work, as well as a few songs I co-wrote, on the new CD from pop-rockers Lost Anthem.

Check out my virtual resumé to read about recent and past projects I've worked on. Need some keyboards for you album? Check out what I can do for you!

In 1996, I began a professional music career when I joined SpinAround, a band that evolved from experimental jazz-metal to pop-rock-groove during its existence from 1996-2001. When we disbanded in 2001, I got back into the electronic music I had made as a teenager and started publishing tracks on the internet under the name Lykwyd Chykyn. After a couple years of this, I got bored with instrumental electronica and started writing lyrics again, shifting back to alternative pop and relying more on piano and guitar to drive the songs.

I think my quest as an artist is to bring together my electronic influences and my alternative rock influences into a cohesive sound. So far this seems to result in alternative rock with badly programmed drums. You should listen, though, and decide for yourself. You should always listen.

I'm not really looking for a label or anything at this point, I've already been through that. As I mentioned, my wife and I are working on an album to be finished up sometime this yearcentury, though what we plan to do with it when we're done is anybody's guess. I can guarantee you that a record deal and extensive touring are not going to be part of the plans.

In addition to my own work, I've done keyboards, synth programming, drum programming, and production work on recordings for a variety of artists. I've done dance, rock, country, inspirational, pop, soundtrack, and alternative among other things.

Emailif you're interested in my work.