Music was just always around. My grandmother played piano. My grandfather had a banjo in one hand and a trumpet in the other. My mom played violin. My dad played guitar. It wasn't something anyone would need to chose — it was just the house I grew up in.

I started Heaven is Overrated back in 2000. Just me, a thing for strings, and whatever I could get recorded with an amp, a mic, and a cassette tape. Nothing fancy. It sounded rough, but it sounded like something.

In 2005 I met Randy Foss — goes by Baron Von Blutwurst. We clicked immediately and just went off — four albums in thirty days, all up on Reverbnation. That was the first time the music had a real partner and a real momentum to it. Then I moved across state lines and that was that — back to a solo project.

What started on cassette tapes eventually moved to FL Studio and Cubase. The tools got better but the instinct stayed the same. The sound just got heavier, more orchestral, more layered over time. Symphonic metal, no vocals — just the instruments doing the talking.

In 2025 my buddy Russ from Solarset put me onto DistroKid, and that changed everything. Went from local recordings sitting on a hard drive to actual global distribution. Three releases came out in 2026 — Symphony of Sparks which took about three years to finish, Ashes of Ascension which was two years of work across fourteen tracks, and NovaFide.

Every string. Every note. Every arrangement. All me.

The early stuff — four albums with Randy — is still up on Reverbnation. Different era, different sound, but the same thing underneath it all.