So a long time ago I tried making a cover of Brett Manning’s song Illusion. I used my digital piano and made a neat background track with various digital instruments, but at the time I hated my voice’s timbre and found many flaws in the backing track such that I’d need to start over and re record it all from scratch. Frustrating, but fixable. I’d really liked the concept I’d originally made, though it needed work. Less than a year later suddenly my flash drive fails and all t

So I was kind of losing my mind without sleep, breathing problems, no babysitters, and trying to homeschool my 2 little kids plus infant so we took a close look at our finances and were able to all join a nice gym which has 2 hours of childcare 7 days a week plus Parents’ Night out. There were some bumps along the way with the oldest learning how to get along with others and practicing self control, and the middle son not wanting to let me go, but I think it’s really helped

Years ago I had the privilege of meeting two of these legends: Mark Kibble and Claude McKnight. I was a lowly beginner but hoped to find...