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A new Fender Rhodes... well, as good as new

January 30, 2012

Just picked up my Fender Rhodes from RetroLinear, Inc., Tim Warneck's outfit in North Wales, PA. I got a very nice Mark I suitcase model from an Atlanta-based guitarist/ songwriter named Randy Bishop last spring, drove it home, and enjoyed it throughout 2011. It had thirty years of playing in it, though, and needed to be overhauled a bit, so I handed it over to Retrolinear last month. And today I am in hog heaven. This is unbelievable, the best Rhodes I have ever played in my life!
I'm planning to add a chain of Moogerfoogers to it (Ring Modulator, Cluster Flux, and Analog Delay) and top it off with a favorite synth. Give me time to enjoy the new axe and work on some things, I'll be posting some improvs using it before long.
Damn, this is sweet!

New teaching responsibility and updates

January 14, 2012

I'll be hanging in Philly a lot more over the next three months. I was just asked to teach music concepts to the freshman students of the Theater School at University of the Arts for the spring semester, and am looking forward to going back there. I've been coaching the Mingus ensemble and this new teaching responsibility will bring me into the city 2 more days a week.
I've been working hard on the next CD, The Main Squeeze, and look forward also to mixing and mastering half of the tunes in the coming month or so. Samples will be posted here under the original music page, so stay posted. In the meantime, I've added over a hundred new pictures in the photo gallery, so check in there as well. You might see youself from years back.

Taa Daa! A New Year, a New Website

January 2, 2012

I made the official launch of this site today with a mass mailing inviting people to come. If you haven't been here before, check out the original music and photo gallery pages for the areas that will be most frequently updated in the future. I'll be digitizing my archives and making them available here. Also check out the News page in the right column for Top 10 lists that will be growing. Welcome!

Welcome to a brand new (unfinished) site!

November 6, 2011

I'm not a real web writer so I've been schlogging away at this site since August. It's now the first week of November and I've managed to get it online, just haven't gotten the subscription parts like email, guest book, and photo gallery to work yet.

So if you're here, realize you're at a site in transition. Come back in a week or so and everything should be complete!

Adding a gig calendar

November 6, 2011

With the new site, I've provided easy ways to keep up with the various things I do. There's been a nice mix of solo piano and Night Café performances mixed in with some classical orchestral, jazz big band, and commercial show gigs. Go to the Performance link and scroll down the page to the bottom for a gig calendar that I'll be updating constantly, and I hope i get to see you!

Updated on January 19, 2012

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