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I am an engineering manager for a semiconductor company by day; however, music is my avenue of choice for relieving the work-related stresses that build up day-by-day. Music has been a hobby of mine since junior high school. I never had professional aspirations in music. It was always hobby, and it always will be. I have a very eclectic musical taste, and this comes through on the music I write as well. It is very difficult for me to put a label on the music I compose as a whole.

While I was in junior high school, I became very interested in making music with MIDI instruments. I started out on Casio keyboards and went through a few different models. My first professional synthesizer was a Roland Juno 106 which my mom bought for me at a pawn shop when I was 15 years old (it was already a classic synth at the time, but I didn't realize that!) When I got my first job as a "dollar-store" stock boy at age 16, I bought my next two professional keyboards: the Peavey DPM3 and the Baldwin IKE (same as an E-mu EMAX, but with the Baldwin name on it.) Using mainly the DPM3, I wrote several songs while still in high school. I put these songs into a collection which I named "Tonal Breeze" after one of my favorite songs in the collection. I wrote the song "Tonal Breeze" at a summer camp titled "MIDI - from Bach to Bytes" when I was in the 10th grade.

When I went to college in 1993, I sold my gear since I really didn't have time to write music anymore. I regretted this decision until after getting married in 1998 when my wife convinced me that I should buy a keyboard so that I could get back into writing music. I bought a Roland XP-80 and kept buying items here and there (including building a new computer to use for MIDI sequencing and digital audio recording.) I�ve gone through quite a few pieces of gear since 1998, but ultimately came to the conclusion that simpler is better when it comes to making music. My setup is now mostly computer based, and I currently have no outboard sound generators or synthesizers. Go to my studio page to see my current gear list.

In addition to keyboard, I also play guitar and bass. I have never mastered any musical instrument, but I'm willing to try and play anything that makes music. In that way, I'm somewhat of a "jack of all trades; master of none."

I owe my love of music (and what little talent I do have) to my parents. My mom loves to sing and my dad sings and plays guitar (his music can be heard at bill.workmanmusic.com). Ever since I was a baby, there was always the sound of someone singing or playing music around the house. I believe this is what initially gave me my interest in music. I'm thankful to my parents for instilling the appreciation of music into me. I hope to do the same for my precious sons, Austin and Jonah.


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	› About I am an engineering manager for a semiconductor company by day; however, music is my avenue of choice for relieving the work-related stresses that build up day-by-day. Music has been a hobby of mine since junior high school. I never had professional aspirations in music. It was always hobby, and it always will be. I have a very eclectic musical taste, and this comes through on the music I write as well. It is very difficult for me to put a label on the music I compose as a whole. While I was in junior high school, I became very interested in making music with MIDI instruments. I started out on Casio keyboards and went through a few different models. My first professional synthesizer was a Roland Juno 106 which my mom bought for me at a pawn shop when I was 15 years old (it was already a classic synth at the time, but I didn't realize that!) When I got my first job as a "dollar-store" stock boy at age 16, I bought my next two professional keyboards: the Peavey DPM3 and the Baldwin IKE (same as an E-mu EMAX, but with the Baldwin name on it.) Using mainly the DPM3, I wrote several songs while still in high school. I put these songs into a collection which I named "Tonal Breeze" after one of my favorite songs in the collection. I wrote the song "Tonal Breeze" at a summer camp titled "MIDI - from Bach to Bytes" when I was in the 10th grade. When I went to college in 1993, I sold my gear since I really didn't have time to write music anymore. I regretted this decision until after getting married in 1998 when my wife convinced me that I should buy a keyboard so that I could get back into writing music. I bought a Roland XP-80 and kept buying items here and there (including building a new computer to use for MIDI sequencing and digital audio recording.) I�ve gone through quite a few pieces of gear since 1998, but ultimately came to the conclusion that simpler is better when it comes to making music. My setup is now mostly computer based, and I currently have no outboard sound generators or synthesizers. Go to my studio page to see my current gear list. In addition to keyboard, I also play guitar and bass. I have never mastered any musical instrument, but I'm willing to try and play anything that makes music. In that way, I'm somewhat of a "jack of all trades; master of none." I owe my love of music (and what little talent I do have) to my parents. My mom loves to sing and my dad sings and plays guitar (his music can be heard at bill.workmanmusic.com). Ever since I was a baby, there was always the sound of someone singing or playing music around the house. I believe this is what initially gave me my interest in music. I'm thankful to my parents for instilling the appreciation of music into me. I hope to do the same for my precious sons, Austin and Jonah.