Sam and his dog Mavis Pancakes
Sam and his dog Mavis Pancakes

I am a tech educator, software developer, and composer based in the Seattle area. In a prior life, I was a music professor in Montana.

I am a doggy-daddy (x2) and a kitty-daddy (x5) and share a home on the west side of Puget Sound (Kitsap County near Olalla) with my wife Kimberly and our fur fam. Previously, I have lived in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Montana, New York, and Tennessee.

I am not the “Sam Hamm” of Batman (1989 version) movie fame, though there have been mixups in the past with fans and also rights management entities. I once received a $1.29 royalty statement from ASCAP for his lyrical contributions to the film Monkeybone. Shunning wealth and fame, I returned the check and clarified the lyricist credit, although I really do wish I could say that I had written The Whistling Booty Train Song”.