Greetings Steemians!

Please let me begin by saying what a pleasure and a privilege it is to be taking my first baby steps here on steemit. I am so excited to be able to contribute to a platform in which every member has a responsibility to do their best to make it a beautiful place to be. How cool is that?

So.... you are surely wondering, who is this dapper dude?

Well, my name is Craig and I live on a little mountain on a tiny island in the sea, off of the west coast of Canada. It is a truly lovely place, with reportedly the highest number of both artists and organic farms per capita in all of Canada, so as you can imagine, there are a lot of wonderful weirdos here ( I think I can safely include myself in this category)!

I am 41 years old and a musician and artist. I spent the last ten years building finely crafted wooden flutes for a living, and I was very fortunate to have clientele all over the world, and to have brought the joy of music to so many people. Here is an example of some of my work:

The one thing I did not expect when I started building instruments, was that I would have less and less time to pursue my great love: music! So in September 2017, I closed my business to have more time to focus on art and music making.

I am a multi instrumentalist, and my focus is on crafting healing and meditative music. My instrument collection is quite vast, and consists of many instruments from around the world. Here is a little sample of some of my favourites:

I have performed on many stages and discovered a particular joy in playing for yoga and dance classes. But my deep love is in the recording arts, and writing music to help people calm, relax, and even to sleep. (I might be one of the only musicians in the world that is happy to hear that i put people to sleep with my music!!!!)

Which brings me to my contribution to the steemit community. My goal is to share music with you through audio and video. I will post tracks from my albums, and each week share a long form soundscape to help with insomnia, relaxation, studying etc., as well as sharing videos of me playing live in some of the beautiful natural settings on my island. Plus I will throw in some words about creativity, books and herbalism and healthy food for good measure!

I hope you will follow me and I look forward to doing my part to bring some peace to your day and make a steemit a beautiful place to be!

With great gratitude

Craig

ps. I would like to send a big shoutout to @desertdwellers for telling me about steemit!!!