I grew up listening to the classic singer-songwriters of the 60s and 70s, which my mother played on the kitchen stereo as she made breakfast every morning. Bob Dylan, Jim Croce, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Elton John. If it had an acoustic guitar, a piano, and a tendency to make you weepy, you can bet I heard it while I ate my pancakes.
Meanwhile a constant stream of 70s rock and 80s pop escaped under the door (always closed, of course) of my older sister's bedroom. Skynyrd, Zeppelin, and The Cars were locked in a struggle for volume supremacy with Gordon Lightfoot and Gerry Rafferty, crooning down the hall in the kitchen.
Duran Duran always seemed to come out on top.
Perhaps this explains why I constantly write lovelorn pop songs and then find great musicians to rock them out a bit. I'll leave you to categorize the result.
Songwriters Are Cowards, my debut CD, and Cold Water, my sophomore effort, were recorded with some truly fantastic musicians, including the outstanding rhythm section of Stewart Myers and Brian Jones (Jason Mraz, Rachael Yamagata), guitarist/producer/vocalist Doug Derryberry (Bruce Hornsby, John Mayer, Ben Folds Five), producer/writer Chris Keup (Jason Mraz), Robby Sinclair, Mark Goldenberg, Helen Horal, Landon Fishburne, and Kevin McNoldy.
Making music, or more accurately making music and trying to share it with other people, is a funny thing to do. It's a mix of hope and goodwill, vanity and pride, but mostly, just a desire to share something of yourself that you think is worth sharing. In the process you get to connect with a lot of people who you don't know, but suspect are cool because their brains seem to settle into the same musical grooves yours does. I do hope that you'll check out some of my music so that I can keeep making it, and one day stumble on the perfect groove for your particular brain. My upcoming album, Cold Water, will be out in a month or two, and I'm unbelievably excited to share with you the growth in my songwriting, some fantastic performances by a new set of musicians, and some new thoughts on life.
You can purchase CDs (old-school) at:
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You can purchase MP3s (new-school) at:
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