New Album from Shadow Person - Chronic Disappointment

October 21, 2025

New Album: Shadow Person – Chronic Disappointment

Shadow Person - Chronic Disappointment album cover — Chronic Disappointment Covers

My fourth album under the moniker Shadow Person was released yesterday. I wrote and performed all of the songs on this album, and I recorded them in my home studio. I am pretty excited about the way it turned out, and I am eager for people to hear it. The name Chronic Disappointment is derived from several areas, including my dismay at social and political events over recent years. You can hear a lot of these themes throughout the songs on this album.

But in addition to that, chronic disappointment is also the feeling I get after every album that I release, because I spend hours upon hours pouring my heart into these songs and recordings, only to have a couple dozen people at most ever listen to them. But hey, that’s okay. It’s the process, right?

Here are many links to the new album for you, to be sure you can choose the best one for your listening needs.

August 10, 2025

2025 Banana Open Mixed Doubles 2.5 Tournament Champions

Rachael and I just won our first tennis tournament in the mixed doubles division for 2.5s. I only started playing tennis last year, but it’s a lot of fun. It isn’t too hard on my knees and has turned out to be a passion.

February 15, 2025August 9, 2025

The Stars Served Up Some Love

Most of my family has fallen in love with playing tennis recently, and to a slightly lesser degree, watching it. So it was exciting to find out that a benefit event had been put together, bringing four big names in tennis and a few other random celebrities to Asheville. The “Stars Servin’ Up Love” event gave us some up-close, in-person observations of what the pros are capable of, and it was quite remarkable.

On February 2, 2025, Jessica Pegula (ranked #6 in the world at the time), Emma Navarro (#9), Andy Roddick, and Andre Agassi, all showed up and played some seriously awesome tennis, even though it was just an exhibition.

The celebs in attendance, and who also played some decent tennis, included Esai Morales (of Caprica fame), Pete Wentz (Fallout Boy), Jeff Probst (Survivor), and some dude from The Daily Show named Michael Kosta (sorry, I haven’t watched that show in some years).

They raised over a million bucks that day, and much to everyone’s surprise, all of the stars involved did it completely free! Asheville is still recovering from the impacts of the hurricane, and we will be for quite some time. I still drive by the debris, missing buildings, upside-down cars, and devastation multiple times a week…over 4 months later. The whole city still has downed lines, fallen trees, and piles of debris lining the streets. It is slowly getting better, but the reminders are all still there, and the tennis event was a welcome, unifying celebration of what selflessness can do to lift spirits.

Check out some pics from Stars Servin’ Up Love.