Gary began his professional musical career at 16, attended New Mexico State University, joined the American Corporation of Artists booking agency in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and for years, toured throughout the Midwest states. Settling in Nashville, Tennessee he continued singing, recording, and writing for the next 30 years. A BMI and NSAI lifetime member, songs written and co-written by Gary were published by a number of Nashville’s top publishers before he began writing exclusively for the Walter Haynes Music Company on Music Row. Gary released an album for Cookhouse Records in Minneapolis, and a number of singles on SoundWaves Records in Nashville that received accolades in both Billboard and Cashbox music magazines. Moving back to the Las Cruces area in 2005 he continued to write, perform, and compose numerous orchestrations, contemporary, country, folk, Americana, Christian, and Christmas songs.