As a Vice President in a Manhattan Fortune 500 media and marketing corporation, my heart and spirit longed for the pursuit of creative endeavors which were more conducive to my natural talents. Leaving the corporate world behind I began my journeys into the unknown as I unfolded my world into Life’s rhythms...
Captivated by hand drums as a young child and later as a college student of anthropology, I became fascinated with African Spirituality and Mythology, the study of the Yoruba and Orishas, and the many rhythmic rituals of West Africa. My academic pursuits led me to explore tribal customs both at home and abroad as I followed my passions of drumming, dance, ritual and universal knowledge which were kept in tact by indigenous peoples and ancient tribes. Along the way I had the great fortune to study with some of the most renown masters of these arts, including the late greats Babatunde Olatunji and Papa Ladji Camara. As well as Sanga Of-The-Valley, Epizo Bangoura, Yousoff Kumbassa, Julio Jean and Richard Gonzalez, to name a few.
Inspired by these masters I founded Earth Beat in 1992, along with its performing arm; the Earth Beat Drum Ensemble. Thus evolved my journey into African spirituality, ceremony and ritual, as well as that of a performing artist, breaking new ground at the time into main stream and spiritual community through promoting indigenous drum, dance, and folklore.