The second single, third track, I have released is now officially out! This is a relatively new one compared to the others in this collection, but it came about because of my son’s love of a particular video game. As a result, I wrote a song with that game as the backdrop. Take a good guess what it is! Enjoy this dark song that showcases my orchestral abilities – Ride of Our Lives!
Just as promised, if you’ve been following social media, I’ve got a slew of new tracks that I’m looking to release for you all to hear, starting today. This song is actually a favorite of my son’s, who kept asking me to play it in the car even when it wasn’t completely done. Well, it’s finally done, mastered again by Scott Kornblatt of Kornyball music, and it’s now ready for you to hear on all streaming platforms – Riding The Stars. It’s a rocker so turn this up loud to get your day started right!
September 22, 2017. That was the date of my last official paying gig as a professional musician. After that, I relocated to Philadelphia and took the longest hiatus of my career. Seven years…it’s amazing it’s been that long. Over time I’ll be able to offer more details as to why I made this tough decision. Having said that, this time away allowed me to establish my new roots in Philly and to focus on being a dad and family man, while simultaneously giving me the chance to recharge and ultimately figure out where my place was with music. During this …..more →
No doubt, this 1984 countdown was the hardest countdown I’ve ever done and it showed. The amount of songs that could have made it were massive, and some would say their absence from this list was criminal. However, when I asked others what their top 5 songs would be, most not only had this song in their list, but some had it at #1. And it’s hard to not understand why. The fact that this artist willfully ditched a long-standing instrument of pop and rock music from the track simply because he wanted to and could, and it never stopped …..more →
It proved to be a tough situation to figure out which track would nab the top spot as the best song released 30 years ago. In the end I had to go with chart listing, radio play, mainstream crossing, and continued usage years later. This song overwhelmingly checked off all those marks and when I heard it for this list, I knew it had a real good chance at getting the top spot. It’s balance of country and grunge is still masterful and the tune has not lost any luster all these years. So…the #1 song released in 1994 is…Interstate …..more →
I will admit – back in the day, if you had told me that this group would in 10 years time compose one of the biggest rock concept albums that would become a Broadway smash, I would have said you’re crazy. Speaking of crazy, if you wanted to look back at which song would set the tone for this aforementioned smash, I would say it’s this one. It remains one of the band’s biggest songs and has been covered in various instances – pretty impressive for a tune considered new punk. And it almost nabbed the top spot. Instead, it’s …..more →