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I grew up on a ranch in Southern Alberta, I had a near perfect childhood, with my sisters, cousins and I having our own private wilderness to explore. When I was around 5 my mom started taking me kicking and screaming to every type of music lesson Medicine Hat had to offer. Mom was a bit of a stage mom, supportive but insistent that I practice…she always said one day I would thank her for it. I spent my teen years planning on a music career, with my mom as coach, counselor, chauffeur and short order cook. Just before I was to leave to study music at McGill, a show named Idol came along and changed my life.

After Idol I was on top of the world with an album, videos and a tour. Then on February 21, 2006 my world changed again; I got a call from my mom saying she had breast cancer. The first thing I did when I got off the phone was google cancer life expectancy. I began to learn everything I could about breast cancer. Being I young single guy I thought I knew everything there was to know about breasts, apparently I was wrong.

I kept trying to focus on the music and my career but all I wanted to do was go home. One night after staring at an old holiday photo of my whole family in matching Christmas sweaters I decided it was time to go home. Once I got home breast cancer became real; I saw my mom bald for the first time and she didn’t look like Demi Moore, I saw my dad cry for the first time and I experienced real fear for the first time when I got a glimpse of life without my parents. I spent time at the hospital with my mom, helping around the house and letting her know when her wig had shifted a bit.

After 4 months of surgery and chemo Mom started to get better. Once she began nagging me again I knew it was time to head back to Toronto.

This summer I have a new album and tour, and thanks to the treatment and care my Mom received she is here to enjoy them with me.

I have made a personal commitment to work with the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation on an on going basis, and on September 30, 2007 I will be participating in the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure.. Thanks to the work of the Foundation there is hope, Hope is what the Foundation has given my family.