Fred's career as an investment professional required a level of creativity, which lead him to the "self challenge" of putting his Contemporary Country music ideas to lyrics and composition produced by other industry professionals, because he can't sing or play guitar!

Two of his songs were placed in A&R Executive Dale Kawashima's Songwriter Universe (www.songwriteruniverse.com) monthly song contest. "The Road Home is Always Longer" (Jan/2018) and a former version of "I'll Find My Fortune Off Route 66" (Nov/2019).

Fred continues to work on new productions with the ultimate goal of having one of his songs put to music by a major recording artist.