Brent wrote record reviews and music articles for the Chattanooga News Free-Press from early in 1984 until the summer of 1987. He spent the next few years, spending them playing Allman Brothers songs in seedy bars through the southeast before coming home to run a chain record store.
Though he wrote little at the time, a few articles for local alternative newspapers and the occasional foray into the company newsletter, he accepted a promotion that required him to take part in the creation and implementation of training programs tools. In addition, the digital explosion allowed him to hone my writing skills through newsgroups and public forums.
In addition to doing proprietary training programs, he has done free-lance work for various publications and websites, and currently maintains a blog about politics, music, sports, and culture.