When it comes to song writing, I'm a traditionalist; melody matters having a real chorus, and a genuine emotional arc that runs through the body of the tune. No matter what is topping the charts at any given time, people will always love a real song... the most jaded human beings can slip into a indescribable reverie without even knowing it when under the spell of a good tune. Not to get all Jungian on you, but I think there's something in the collective unconscious that responds to 32 bars of well balanced music. There must have been some primitive Marvin Gayes and Tony Bennetts wailing away trying to get the cave women. Fast forward 30,000 years, add some nicely tailored clothing, and things aren't so different. I'm a believer in the old adage about a good song being able to stand on it's own regardless of production, so on this page, you'll find some pop tunes in varying degree of production quality, from rough Demo to full blown master quality.

I love to do exploratory improvisations on the piano and create unusual soundscapes with other musicians. I love complex harmony that stops shy of atonality (think Donald Fagen,Todd Rundgren, Debussy, Copland, Keith Emerson) though I tend to avoid dominant seventh's, finding them slutty and cheap. Here are some pieces of music that are rather idiosyncratic and personal in nature