I am a middle aged man born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan USA. Blue collar worker until I was forced to use a computer.  So many questions about this new machine, I went to GRJC and took all the computer courses they had to offer.....

I now live and work in Madison WI where I am a software tester. I work in the Bio-Info field and moonlight developing software for a group of scientist that are doing wonderful things  for humanity.

Music...

I love all kinds of music. Most of my training has been my ears. I do admit to reading about music theory and tinker with keyboards and guitars. I have spent over 30 years questioning, meditating on, and  analyzing  why the composer and or producer put each instrument where it is, in the spectrum of the arrangement.  Always questioning how each instrument told me its own story and yet add to the story of the arrangement. 

Technology caught up  with me and I as able to try it myself.  I usually work on 5 or 6 different arrangements at a time, listening to the 'voices' tell me where and how to put the music together.  When I no longer feel creative on one piece, I move on to the next arrangement letting the previous one ferment for a while... what you hear is the product of this exciting hobby.  Enjoy!

Joe Leale