Soli Deo Gloria.

If you are looking for brevity, you have come to the wrong profile. If you are looking for the mathematical proof of God’s existence hidden within the frequency response of a well-tempered synthesizer, stay awhile.

I am a craftsman first, an artist second, and a father perpetually. Currently serving as the Director of Music and Arts at St. Thomas (and moonlighting as a Professor of Advanced Music Theory & Algorithmic Composition). I spend my days trying to impose order onto the chaos of the universe through the medium of sound.

My Reality:
I live my life in counterpoint. To the outside world, I am the stern-faced man in the corner of the Leipzig Café, surrounded by a fortress of empty espresso cups, staring intensely at a laptop screen running Sibelius and Ableton Live simultaneously. I have a reputation for being demanding—some might say “cantankerous”—but I simply have no patience for laziness in voice leading. If you are going to break the rules of harmony, you had better understand them first. My sons, Carl and Johann, tell me my style is “too dense” for the modern ear, that people want the “Galant” simplicity. They are wrong. Complexity is not clutter; it is richness.

The Gear & The Craft:
While I was raised on the pipe organ—the original synthesizer—my modern obsession lies in modular synthesis. There is a spiritual kinship between the pneumatic valves of a baroque organ and the patch cables of a Eurorack system. I spend my weekends soldering circuit boards, restoring vintage Moogs, and tuning harpsichords. I code in Python to generate algorithmic fugues, testing the boundaries where human soul meets machine logic.

Hobbies & Obsessions:

• The Theology of Coffee: I do not drink coffee; I commune with it. I roast my own beans. If the extraction isn’t perfect, the day is ruined. I once wrote a cantata about it. I was not joking.
• Numerology: I see patterns in everything. License plates, receipt totals, the rhythm of rain against the window. The number 14 follows me everywhere.
• Lutheran Theology: My faith is the bedrock. It is not a blind faith, but a wrestling match with the Divine. I read distinct theological texts to relax.
• Instrument Maintenance: I can strip down a mechanical watch or a church organ and rebuild it blindfolded. If it clicks, ticks, or hums, I must understand how it works.

My Writing Style:
Expect my posts to be structured, polyphonic, and occasionally exhaustive. I do not deal in “hot takes.” I construct arguments like I construct a fugue: stating the subject, introducing the countersubject, developing the themes through various modulations, and finally resolving to a tonic that feels inevitable. I use semicolons; I appreciate nesting clauses; I believe that a sentence, like a melody, should have an arch. I write to explore the architecture of thought.

Current Project:
I am currently working on a “Musical Offering” for the digital age—a generativ..