He plays ELEVEN different instruments, has released four CDs, and has played with everyone from Grammy Award winner Nile Rodgers to Bo Diddly, Chuck Berry, The Drifters, and Ben Vereen, among many (many) others. He has over 250 videos on YouTube and appeared on the Daytime Dramas "All My Children" and “Guiding Light” from 1999 to 2005 and has written for several magazines, with more than 300 articles published.
“I think when writing instrumental music you’re inspired not necessarily by a story. It really is more than sounds; because with instrumental music, it is the sounds that sort of has to create the imagery in your mind. And that’s your storytelling right there – it’s just the sound of the music.”
“I was actually more into instrumental music when I was younger because I think I was more into displaying my musical prowess, so to speak. But as I got older I really started to appreciate the beauty and the brevity of pop music and making that statement in three minutes.”
“Music with lyrics will reach more people. Instrumental music requires a more intense listening and it has to be in a style of music that speaks to you.”
“Every artist has to do what they feel will convey their message best.”
“You don’t want (your video) to be so spectacular that you miss the song.”
“Limitations spur the creative process.”
“If you’re a creative person, you’re going to find creativity in whatever you do.”
“Don’t let the quest for perfection be the enemy of the good.”
“Sometimes overthinking something will just junk it up.”
“John Lennon had a great quote. It was, ‘If you want to be a pure artist, paint a picture and put it in the closet.’”
“The way you do one thing is often the way you do many things.”
“You can’t argue with success and you can’t defend failure.”
“If somebody doesn’t want to get in touch with you, getting in touch with them 20 different ways doesn’t help.”
“I think even if you find success at the exclusion of raising your child in the most proper way, that in itself is still failure.”
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