n 1979 at the age of 7, I was visiting my Grandfather's farm in Louisiana, Missouri and was the victim of an accident involving a fork lift. As a result of the accident I was in a coma for seven weeks and lost my sense of sight, taste, and smell. I was left with paralysis on my right side, and suffer from severe headaches. By 1981, I started taking piano and guitar lessons at the Missouri Baptist College (now a University). The instructors taught me using the recording of songs and soon music was the major focus in my life. The motto “practice makes perfect” became my mantra and thus I did just that; practiced and practiced until the song sounded just right. In 1987, I learned to read music in Braille. I was a mainstreamed student in the Parkway School District and eventually joined the marching band at Parkway South High School as a keyboard player my senior year. After finishing high school, I went on to the Missouri Baptist University. In December 1994 I graduated with a Behavioral Science degree and then pursued a Masters degree in counseling. I remembered, in the middle of all my notes I was always writing a song and music kept on coming back to me. I finally ended up at Maryville University, where I majored in music therapy and graduated in 2001. Subsequently, I did an internship at Mary Culver home for the visually impaired, and have been there doing music therapy ever since.I hope you enjoy my music and thank you for visiting the site. - Dave Love