I’m from the Bible Belt – which has its positive and negative effects. Sturgis, Michigan, to be exact; and no it’s not the Sturgis where they hold the Harley motorcycle rallies – it’s just not that cool. It was in this very small, and sometimes elitist community that I first realized my knack for writing songs. After my childhood piano flew off a moving truck and smashed all over Maple St, I thought it might be easier to write on an instrument you could carry with you wherever you went – and hopefully avoid the chances of it getting smashed (see blog titled, “The Day the Music Died”). I found that singing and writing was in my blood from an early age. The act was passed down from my singer songwriter father, Randy Thompson, who wrote until he passed away years ago, a mere hillbilly in the Arkansas mountains. From an early age, I’ve always known that music would always be this mystic, beautiful thing that I had to share with the world I lived in. In the last 13 years, I’ve become a prolific songwriter, I’ve worked with really great writers and producers, I’ve worked in the music video world, and I’ve written with and for kids. My most exciting project to date is finishing and mastering my own record to be released in the spring of 2010. Look for it, and in the mean time, come see me play on any given Tuesday night at Cranes Tavern in Hollywood.