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The Story of Stuff

Anybody with half a brain knows that the way we are currently using up our planet’s resources is unsustainable.  It’s nice to see some people get the word out in a concise and well-formulated argument.  Please check out this site and at least watch the main video:

http://storyofstuff.org/

Thank you!

Photos from Mizuho Recording

Here are a few photos from the January recording and rehearsal with Mizuho and Tiger Okoshi… (taken from my iPhone)


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It’s Finally Here!

It was a long, and sometimes arduous journey but it has finally come to an end. A little over 6 years after my first class at Berklee — including a whole year off, three part-time semesters, and after breaking a wrist— I finally have a diploma in my hands. It arrived today here in Manhattan via mail.

It reads:

Bachelor of Music
Jazz Composition and Performance
Summa Cum Laude

I want to thank my mom and my stepfather for all the blind love and support!  It’s nice to have this officially be over!

Alternative Inspiration

Since I’ve been feeling a lack of musical inspiration lately, I decided to turn to another form of art. (Read More…)

Bad Times

Today, after folding my clothes and getting ready to leave the laundromat, an older woman approached me and asked me to use my phone in the most polite of manners. She was a pretty old woman who must have seen my iPhone as I had just texted my girlfriend.  The lady promised me it would be a quick call (Read More…)