So, you wanna know a lil about me? Ok, here goes:I'm probably the most chill person you could meet. I'm as outgoing and open-minded as they come. And I am quite hilarious to be around. I can be professional, serious, or relaxed at the drop of a dime. No matter what I am almost always fun. Business wise I have a lot to bring to the table when it comes to marketing, promoting, booking events, or just helping to come up with new innovative ideas. I'm big into ideating...lol. I am very open minded when it comes to my thoughts, but can come up with a bunch of silly ideas, as well as some really great genius ideas.
I love music. Not like everyone else says the love it. I don't just listen to music and go "Oh I love it!". I teach it, I write it, I perform it... and I book it. I have been playing baritone for over 15 years. I marched professionally with the Boston Crusaders in '01 and '02 and aged out winning the world championships with the Concord Blue Devils in '03. (see the video in my blog above). I play in 2 bands: The Suicide Clubs (Ska/Reggae/Rock) & Semi-Soul (Funk/Reggae/R&B). I have been booking bands & entertainment for the last 5 years. It started at the old Winners Circle and since it closed I have been booking at Doc's Place and a few other venues in the Lakeland, Tampa & Orlando area. And I teach Riverview High Schools Marching Band every fall.
CFLMP: Central Florida Marketing Products. You may have heard the name or seen the logos somewhere on the net, if not allow me to inform you. CFLMP is my marketing and promotional company. It began as a tshirt business known as T. Press Tshirt & Design...a side hobby I started around 5 years ago to allow my dad's bar Winners Circle and the local bands I was booking, a way to get tshirts for less money. Once I started to make money, I partnered with a friend at the time, changed the name to High Funk Clothing and we purchased the Screen Printing Equipment to provide more professional shirts to our customers and friends. We then were offered to purchase a local screen print shop that was going through a rought time. We moved in only to find out that the business was way more in the hole than what I was told. I stayed for one year doing everything I could to turn the business around, but the partnership began to fail and it was best decided to split ways. I then opened my own shop in Lakeland for one year before I realized that I did not want to be a tshirt maker for the rest of my life. I had built a network of friends, businesses, bands, and entertainers over the past 7 years in lakeland and wanted to build a business that would be paid to promote and help those get the exposure and profits that they need to succeed. Thus launching CFLMP, a promotional marketing company.
Currently, CFLMP is my career and my life. I still do tshirts as a side business but am more focused on other areas of the company, like web design, promotions, and promotional items. I handle all of the advertising, event promotions & coordinating for many of the local entertainment & nightlife venues and companies in the surrounding area. My girlfriend and I are the lakeland representatives for polk county's #1 entertainment, nightlife, and dining magazine: Today and Tonight. You can view all of the businesses I am involved with on my friends list or on the web at www.cflmp.com
And last but certainly not least, my girl. I leave a lot to be said about her because quite frankly I don't think it is much of anyones business but ours and those we are closest with. Brook is my baby, my love, my navigator. The only woman I have ever shared my life with who has stood by my side for all the good and bad decisions I have made over the past 6 years. While we are very much in love with each other, we have also come to realize that what our companionship should never be taken for granted. We know that while life without each other would still suffice and there would be happiness, it would be less meaningful and all around pointless to try and find what we share together with someone else. I would like to say that we are forever and hope that someday we will take the next step.... but for now we are happy in love and building our future with each other. And anyone who tries to ruin that will be met with some serious defense from us, our friends, and our families who love us together as much as we love each other.
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