It's Wednesday, December 22nd and we've just solidified the closing date for our new home. Needless to say, the end of 2021 is going to be frantic (just a tad) and also quite exciting. 

It's been a year. I…

Yes. It's December 10th and we're still working out of a 900 square foot box and literally living out of boxes. It's been nine months since our returning to western New York and without much melodrama on my part; it's…

I'm taking some time this morning to go through the past year's work. I'm listening to all the songs recorded from April of 2020 up to today. It's around 123 songs. No joke. My intent, this morning, was to start…

It's been quite a whirlwind of activity for my Partner In Crime, Claire, and I since making the decision to return to western New York having lived and worked in Pittsburgh for the past three years. Basically, we haven't missed…

My wife and I are working from the Holiday Inn Express in Webster, New York. There is a winter storm warning in effect from tonight through Thursday, April 1st. Ha-freaking-ha!!! How ironical. I love western New York!!! I guess this…

The news of Michael Stanley's passing stopped me in my tracks this morning. My wife, Claire, caught me before work began to tell me he had died on Friday, March 5th. I went numb almost immediately. As I write this…

That day has arrived. 

It's February 21, 2021 and it's cold. It's a bit damp. It's, well, it's Pittsburgh and the ice is melting. I was busy yesterday morning cancelling every single one of my releases digitally distributed through…

It's November 23rd, 2020 and things seem to be slightly dangerous outside my window...still. However, at least it's getting worse, right? We have that. 

I've been working, daily, on, what will most likely be, my last album - When…

The first time I'd ever heard anything related to Eddie Van Halen or even Van Halen the band, was when I was around ten or eleven years old. Growing up just outside Skaneateles, NY, in the "country," made it possible…

Hello, All. All of you. All, what, five of you? Kidding. 

So, here we are: September is winding down very quickly, Coronavirus is still among us, presidential campaigns are going out of their ways to lay out their policies…

Recently, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek gave an interview espousing, what would quickly become, an unpopular point of view regarding the process of creating music and the once relevant album cycle. You can read the interview with Music Ally here. 

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I'm writing this around one o'clock in the afternoon on Monday, June 29th. 

I was sitting in my makeshift, lockdown recording studio when I read the news that Singer/Songwriter Benny Mardones had passed away at the age of 73…

...things change and perspective becomes clearer. Although, to be honest, nothing has changed. Everything leading up to this past weekend's rebellion was because NOTHING HAS CHANGED. 

As I wrote in my previous post, I was going to use this…

I'll be posting rather serious material here on the blog. I've kept this site fairly free of the daily shit that surrounds all of us, not just me, but I've found no appropriate outlet for my rage. A little much…

From the Dallas Observer, this little piece on ticket resellers or let's be frank - SCALPERS - looking for their own form of Federal Relief. 

From there I went over to Billboard to read further.

I have no…

No. Not mine. Yours. 

I have to say I'm absolutely flattered by how many people have visited this site and actually taken the time to download some of the music that's now available for FREE. The newly-released BLUE SKIES…

I'm finishing up with updating this site, uploading some new music, and making everything available for FREE. It's been a whirlwind week and I'm preparing the next session as I write this blog post. I suppose one other thing to…

It's April 22. For the most part, we're still in isolation mode and minding ourselves and acting accordingly (I realize some are and some are not, but I am nothing if not forever hopeful...). 

I've posted a new song…

We're well into the distancing and isolation at this point. I do hope everyone is doing as well as they can be at this time. Again, be safe, be smart and exercise a little more patience than usual...

I've…

A few months ago (October 4th, 2019 I believe), THE DARKNESS ("GIve me a 'D!' Give me an 'ARKNESS!'") released their sixth studio album and well, I have not seen anything about this lately...

How very prophetic of them...

I hope all is well with you and yours. 

I was notified this morning that CD Baby is no longer making music available for purchase. It seems that the largest distributor of Independent Music is going to focus on…

Stay safe. Be smart. Remain kind. 

It seems like such a simple thing to write, but it needs to be. 

Just be aware of yourself and those around you. 

Back to work for me. New music around…

I'm sitting in a rather small hotel room in Arlington, Virginia. My wife, Claire, and I are here for business stuff and catching up with a few friends when possible. We lived in the D.C. area way back in 2004-05…

Today marks the first finished recording in several years - let alone an actual release (I hate to even think about just how many years it's been). The song is titled LUSH (I prefer the lower case…