JKnight’s Profile

About Me

As the daughter of an USAF Col. bomber pilot and Hurricane Hunter, I was raised to never admit anything was wrong ~ hide the secrets and don't ask for help because it is a sign of weakness. I still have instant walls and compartments I trust as santuary. And the mask I choose for the moment is never detected. I found music my method of survival. I practiced 6-8 hours a day and was placing in national competitions by the age of 13. I performed at the best resorts in Hawaii for 9 years. At the Hyatt Regency Waikoloa, they would put me on a floating stage in the dolphin lagoon. I am a pianist, conductor, composer and professional pipe organist. Or I used to be until about a year ago. Now I am nothing. That's all I can express now.

Interests

Ethnomusicology (the study of music of all cultures), learning anything new, reading, camping, gardening, working with needy youth, Ebay, writing poetry, composing and arranging major works, joking with my very ill Dad and listening to his stories, playing with my 18 cats (they are divided between 3 households), calligraphy, cooking and now mostly living in my head in the past and beating myself up.