I've been eyeing Virb for quite a while as a potential platform for building sites, and I've decided to give it a try for Yarred. The previous Yarred site was a simple static HTML site, and I had to decide whether to upgrade to WordPress which I've used quite frequently in the past, or try something different. I chose the later. :)

I live in beautiful Sonoma County, about an hour north of San Francisco, CA. We have such a peaceful landscape and good food and wine around here, I feel like I live in a garden!

Ha ha, no. Here's what I believe: God created the world and it was Very Good. We humans tend to muck things up. I believe that to be good stewards of God's amazing gift of Creation, we need to protect the environment in the midst of our civilizations, eat healthy and organic food whenever possible, and take time to be renewed and refreshed in our spirits so we can live with compassion for others. I am also a follower of Yeshua (Jesus) and His teachings. A man who claims to be God, lives a life of complete love and servitude, dies a horrible death, then three days later appears in the flesh to his followers having been raised from the grave as was foretold — all to take away the shame of my faults, bring me divine peace, and give me new life forevermore — well, I take this man very seriously.

The term “ambient” refers to music that is generally more abstract in nature, usually comprised of slower tempos and dreamy or otherworldly soundscapes. It can literally provide an ambience for your mind to wander, perhaps during meditation or relaxation. A lot of ambient music I hear tends to be “dark” in nature, rather cold and empty like space (in fact there's a sub-genre of ambient called space music). My aim is to create Light Ambient Music that is very human, ethnic-inspired, yet transports you to higher realms of spiritual awareness. I hope, in my own little way, to help you imagine what kinds of sounds we may hear in Heaven some day.

I use a variety of computer software synthesizers and effects, as well as acoustic instruments, all centered around my Mac Pro running Apple Logic Studio.

Acoustic:

• Native American Flutes by Geoffrey Ellis & Colyn Petersen
• MesaWinds - Native American Flute Samples by Orange Tree Samples (I helped develop this product)
• Irish low whistle
• Indonesian hand drum
• Sample libraries by Apple, Native Instruments, and others

Electronic: 

• Spectrasonics Omnisphere
• Waldorf PPG Wave
• Native Instruments FM8, Massive, and Absynth
• u-he Zebra
• Arturia Moog Modular and CS-80V
• Logic ES2, EVP88, EVD-6, and Sculpture
• Effects by FabFilter, Nomad Factory, Audio Damage, Camel Audio, and TC Electronic