One of six Grand Prize winners in the 2020 Tennessee Songwriter's Week Contest sponsored by The Bluebird Cafe and The Tennessee Tourism Board for my original song "Songwriter". 

The July 2020 Bluebird Cafe Golden Pick Winner, co-sponsored by Taylor Guitars. 

The opportunity to perform at some incredible venues such as The Grand Ole Opry House, The Ryman Auditorium, Bridgestone Arena, The Bluebird Cafe, Douglas Corner, Commodore Grille, The Walnut House Murfreesboro, Puckett's Franklin, Arrington Vineyards, GMA Seminar in the Rockies, and The Nashville Network. 

Beyond fortunate to have co-written songs with some of my favorite songwriters of all time including: Bobbie Cryner, Jimmy Yeary, John Scott Sherrill, Gary Nicholson, Cyndi Torres, Jeff Pearson, Michael Salacuse, Brittany Allyn, Thad Guerra, Craig Karp, Kim Parent, Shelly Rann, Don Goodman, Shirley Myers, Rod Nicholson, Rob Heath, Sheila Stephen....and many others along the way.

Being a part of the band Passenger in the early 2000's with treasured friends Barry Hackett, Mike and Kristy Rhode, Matt McGee, Mike Mahaffey, Mark Smith, and Joseph "Billy" Fulk.

Winner of several awards at the 2002 Academy of Gospel Music Arts competition (AGMA) 2002 including: Southern Gospel Song and Overall Song of 2002 for "Passenger", and Praise & Worship Song of 2002 for "If I Did Not Sing."

Able to release two independent cd projects; "Let the Chains Fall", and "Just To Know You:The Songs of 180 Degrees Ministries" 

Still pinching myself for the honor of playing keys and singing bgv's for Grammy Award Winning Rebecca Lynn Howard as part of her band as we opened for Alan Jackson's "Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning" Tour in the Midwest and numerous appearances with her and the band on The Grand Ole Opry at the Opry House and the hallowed Ryman Auditorium

Blessed to have been able to lead worship for over 20 years at many churches and ministry events in Middle Tn (and 1 in Calgary, Alberta)

The opportunity to sing lots of demos of some awesome songs for other songwriters over the years...(something that I still enjoy doing whenever I get the call).