Rhythm of My Mind (Vol. 2)

1) Stay Sharp
2) Saturday Morning
3) Forced Optimism
4) Peace & Bass
5) What I Need
6) Fall Forward
7) The Dawn’s Early Light

8) I Am
9) Don’t Flex
10) Programming My Pulse
11) Tall Tale
12) The Ridge
13) Dreaming Dreams

Rhythm of My Mind is a reflection of my inner existence. This collection contains beats that I want to hear, each generated in focused moments of creation. The tracks were shaped by whatever was on my mind in each moment as I dug through the digital crates of online samples. Over time, I returned to each piece, refining the sound until it matched the rhythm and frequency of my vision.

This collection stands on its own — not a continuation, but a new chapter of presence and reflection. My hope is that it helps you feel creative and alive, peaceful and inspired. Peace and grace.

This collection came to life on quiet weekend mornings — with pour-over coffee and Vinnie the dog sleeping by my feet. Each session started with zero pressure, just curiosity, sound waves, and the rhythm of my life.

I focused most of my energy on programming drums — layering kicks, shaping snares, and letting feelings guide what followed. Over time, I found myself connecting directly with the creative process, becoming comfortable experimenting with new plug-ins and sounds. It felt like rediscovering an old part of myself that I didn’t realize I missed.

This project became an inward meditation — a practice of listening, adjusting, not hurrying, but allowing a blend to naturally occur. Each sound found its way, guiding me to where it wanted to sit and how it wanted to overlap with the other tracks of the mix. When something felt forced, I untied the knots and let it breathe again. In those quiet hours, I found a kind of freedom — not from the world around me, but from the noise within it. What emerged was creative renewal, shaped by patience and presence. These are the inner rhythms of my mind — the ones I wanted to enjoy as a part of my life’s soundtrack.

As always—to my wife, my children, my family and friends: Thank you for allowing me to be me. I hope that I’ve supported you in ways that have encouraged you to be your true creative selves. You are all amazingly beautiful souls with talents and abilities that leave me in awe. I love creating with you and for you. In this strange new world of algorithms and data farms, I want my digital fingerprint to tell the story of family and community. If artificial intelligence will be trained on the information that humans feed it, then let it learn my love for all of you.