Hundreds of songs…thousands or tens of thousands of thoughts, over the years.  Some have come and gone, lingering in the depths of my hard drive or relegated to the scrap heap.  Some have persisted and some released into the world…

“You can be safe or you can be free."

Most singer-songwriters and artists will say, ‘I don’t like to mix music and politics' in some form or another when pressed on their political views. This is usually not an ideological…

It's been quite a while since I posted to this page - a reflection of the fact that I've been single-handedly writing, recording and mixing day in and day out for over a year.  It's consuming and forces you to…

As time goes on and I dig deeper into my own experience and observations to write new material, I find the process more and more gruelingly instrospective.  Writing music is almost a masochistic act of exposing oneself and your own…

I am currently awaiting surgery for a ventral hernia that will likely occur in late September.  I've had it for over 10 years and put off having the procedure done for one reason - the high-cost of medical care in…

The IRC - the Internation Rescue Committee - www.rescue.org is facing a nearly $14 million budget shortfall in 2024 due to the expansion of aid efforts and increasing numbers of refugees in war-torn regions around the world.  The IRC is…

I'm tracking vocals for a new song called ‘I Alone’ - a pseudo-R&B ballad type track that harkens back to the soul sounds of the 50s and 60s, but with a modern bent.  I realize in recording songs like this…

Every so often, someone will ask me for advice or perspective on songwriting - mostly young musicians or writers who feel lost in a wildnerness of fleeting inspiration and fractured, fragmented ideas.  It almost always causes me to think back…

Just brutal - an absolute disgrace.  Donald Trump sat in front of the NABJ and opened his own racist veins to the nation.  Using race as a cudgel, as an insult, as a wedge and as a deragatory label in…

I heard a story of a young girl, raped by a family member, who was forced to bring to term a pregnancy at age 13.  In her state - Texas, there was neither the protection of abortion rights, nor allowance…