I’ve always wanted to keep my set-up simple. The easier and quicker it is to get ideas down, the better. For me writing is improvisation. I might know what I want and even have melodic ideas, but everything stems from listening. The melody I write in piano may work well there and then, but to build on an idea it would sound better by another instrument. Because of this I have built a quite large library of software instruments, not that I need them or make full use of any of them, but because I seek out the sound that works for what I’m trying to convey

They are my artists toolbox, but by no means do they make me a better composer. I started writing in Garage Band in 2005 using only the free sounds and instruments that came with it. Back then spending any money on a software instrument was a huge deal for me so I didn’t. Later I did purchase Gypsy from EastWest for it’s solo violin that I used in the original “The Time To Run”.

Over the past decade I have invested heavily in software instruments and seeking out the libraries that work for me. It is nice to have them to find inspiration in. Every company produces something unique and there is no one product fits all.

HARDWARE

Computing
2019 Mac Pro (3.2GHz 16 core
96GB Memory, 1Tb SSD,
32GB Radeon Pro Vega II)
16TB OWC Accelsior 8M2 SSD
4TB OWC Accelsior 4M2 SSD
Lacie 1TB SSD
OWC Thunderbay & 4 1TB Samsung EVO 850 SSDs
LG 32″ Ultrafine 4K Display 

Audio
Munro 150 Egg Monitors
Arturia Keylab 88
Universal Audio Apollo x4
Neumann TLM 103 Microphone