Personal Blog
Maya Angleou – “Come and Be My Baby”
I've loved Maya Angelou since I was a boy. I was introduced to her by a teacher early in middle school, and was immediately infatuated. Not to mention she reminds me of my first grade teacher, Miss. Noel - who I will never forget for the inspiration she's been in my...
Work Tapes and New Songs
Working on these new work tapes has brought me to some interesting new revelations! I just finished a new song called, "Said The Wrong Thing Again", and writing it taught me some very interesting new things about myself. Two weeks ago I had the chance to meet John...
Everyday we create new music
If my goal were to write a new song everyday, I would wake up, drink some coffee, find inspiration by digging into mine or someone else's playlist I love... I would listen to all those work tapes, and see if there's a message I hadn't talked about yet. I could...
Things I love about music.
Last night I was at a party. I hadn’t seen my bass player Scott Fernandez in a long time as we haven’t been playing showing much, and I’ve been workshopping new songs. He invited me out to this party to meet some new cats, network, have a good time - as he...
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News and Updates
Just saw myself on the Jeff Buckley Website
I was just reminded of a really cool event I got to participate in a while back. I was given the opportunity to play "Hallelujah" as a tribute to the late, great, Jeff Buckley. In attendance, not to my knowledge, was Mary, Jeff Buckley's mom. I got to meet her...
Home on the Road Fundraiser is underway!
PROJECT UPDATE: FUNDRAISING COMPLETE It's been a long time coming... But the documentary, Home on the Road, is finally going to see completion in the near year! We just need a little help from our friends 🙂 Please help us spread the word, give a little to help us...
Back On Spotify (iTunes Coming Soon!)
A couple years ago, I took my music off of all the major distribution channels in a sort of silent revolt against the way artist royalties for streaming and downloads were allocated (or weren't). Since then a lot has changed for the better, and has gotten somewhat...
Business and Music and Rick Barker
It's hard being a musician and doing the business at the same time. It's a crazy thing to have to keep up with! I get involved with many different businesses and non-profits as a producer and consultant to keep myself active in the community and also keep me busy...