My papa Ian (left) and brother Cameron (right) helped me get Shamrock Sound going as a business in 2006.

Sometimes you get a music-loving family and they just have to try & make a living from it. We love entertaining people, and we’ve been at it for a while.

It all started on San Juan Island in Washington State. My brother and father and I decided to make a DJ business back in 2006. That first year, the three of us provided the music for all kinds of gigs – cocktail parties, skate nights, an all-nighter for Relay for Life, several weddings, and even a skateboard contest. It was great fun, and great for us to do it together.

Papa and I at a wedding at the Yacht Club in Friday Harbor, Washington.

In 2007-2008, my brother Cameron decided to concentrate on his guitar playing and band work, so Papa and I took over, and we had a blast, concentrating on weddings and other party-type events (New Year’s Parties, Father/Daughter Dances, even a surprise birthday party! Mostly it was weddings though, which became our specialty.

2009/2010 was a pivotal year, as I began my university studies in Boulder, Colorado. Papa and I worked the summer of 2009, after my first school year, and then I brought all the gear to Colorado. Now I operate in the greater Boulder area by myself (Cam’s in school in California, and Papa is still on the island), but I bring to every gig what I learned in the past four years to every event I work.

Thank you for hiring me – it keeps our musical family in the music business!