What is it?

Live recordings from January 2012 (not exactly the greatest time of my life and during adverse recording situations, ie a restaurant full of customers and with the piano facing away from them.)

How's it going?

It has…

Here in Kobe a blanket of foul smelling air has descended, a new companion to the usual yellow sand that blows here from the Mongolian desert over there.  It looks like fog, but the smell!  Hard to imagine people living…

Decided not to move to Tokyo just yet, in spite of claims by some that its the only way to really make it big here. I performed there a couple of weeks ago with rather good results but still remain…

Lately I have noticed a change in my way of hearing sound and have become less forgiving of audio recordings which sounded okay to me before.

So I have been really concentrating on making a better sound with my recordings…

Last week a news story caught my eye, which is a rare occurrence since my life style doesn't allow me much web surfing, tv or keeping up with current events. (When the earthquake occurred in Japan last year I was…

Very happy with 2011!  The accomplishments of the year have been nothing short of miraculous but all in keeping with the plan.  A new CD Best Thing to Come already in its second press includes remixed versions of a couple…

Been kind of quiet lately, having spent the last three years or more working on a new CD, but, with that out of the way, have something to say to the people I love, friends, countrymen, fellow citizens of the…

Well. we didn't go to press, obviously in May. Its surprising how long ago that was. There were a few songs that I still wasn't satisfied with. The mix just wasn't right. The most difficult one was "Can't Help Falling…

Finally!! And it'll be well worth the wait. A lot of time and love and study went into this project which will be the "Best Thing to Come!" If you've been sitting on the fence wondering whether to buy a…

During the months leading up to the World Cup, here in Japan, the media, which is a bit more inclined towards education than entertainment, gave an extensive look at Africa. It started with South Africa and the history and fall…

All of the issues with stage fright and whatever demons I have been battling have been vanquished. The new CD is in the final stages of mix-down now, and the extra time and attention has really paid off and allowed…

"The time to relax is when you don't have time for it." Jim Goodwin "For fast-acting relief, try slowing down." Lily Tomlin Stress sucks. It sucks joy and the life out of you. So today I'll share 10 of my…