It all started when a boy, playing on the floor, heard his mother say: "Look at that guy on TV. He's blind." At only 8 years old, the boy looked up to see a man wearing big sunglasses, while playing the piano and singing to a huge television audience.

That man, Ronnie Millsap, would be the very inspiration that caused the boy to take piano lessons and eventually learn how to play violin, drums, guitar and bass.

Although he would end up learning the fundamentals of playing various instruments over the years, the boy soon found he would rather create his own music, instead of learning how to play someone else's songs.

Having sang in school choirs and playing in bands primarily as a drummer, there came a day when a band mate encouraged the then high school graduate - to stop wasting time with bands and start recording his own music.

Out of high school with his savings since working on the farm as a child, the young man left his last band and built a home studio, where he wrote and produced dozens of songs.

After years of putting his passion on the shelf for relationships and other business ventures, Tripp is once again chasing his love of creating music of various styles and genres, while implementing other skills he's acquired along the way (including photography, graphics/web design, styling, etc.) enabling him to literally do everything on his own. (learn more...)