From the far-north suburbs of Chicago in the 1970s to the decks of Navy ships half a world away, Memoir of a Music Lover traces one man's life through the soundtrack that carried him forward.

Growing up as hip-hop was born, coming of age with the MTV generation, and navigating a twenty-year Navy career, he discovers that music isn't just something you listen to, it's something that shapes you, saves you, and stays with you.

This memoir follows the evolution of a personal music collection, from crackling vinyl to homemade mixtapes or cassettes from towering stacks of CDs to the first MP3 players and, finally, the endless playlists of Apple Music, Shopify, Audiobooks or streaming online, along the way are stories of adventure, discipline, love, fatherhood, and the songs that defined every moment and one thing remained constant, the power of music to guide, comfort and transform.

We all have a story of how music shaped our lives but this one is mine.