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Happy New Years! A warm thank you to everyone who has made my first year as a full-time musician fun and successful. With help from my family, friends, fellow artists and venues, I played 137 shows this year. The year before I played about 20. Some exciting news: In the past my videos were shot…

New Cover: Fire and Rain A few weeks ago I played my first show at my dream venue, Caffe Lena. The first place I ever performed in public was Lena’s open mic. It was an honor to be on stage performing songs off my upcoming album, Wandering Man.    This show reminded me that my…

I know a lot of people who are thinking about going to college. If you are one of them, this is for you. Unless you are interested in medicine, engineering or other studies that still require college degrees, remember there are alternatives to school. I’ve often heard people say they want to go to school…

2 years ago, when I graduated from SUNY Purchase, I had a choice to make; move to New York City, or upstate, to the town of Saratoga Springs. Nearly everyone I knew was moving to the city. Although I love NYC, I didn’t want to live there as a recent graduate with a music degree,…

It’s been about a year since I wrote a blog post, and a lot has been going on at home. But for now, I’ll stick to telling you all about my recent travels to Bolivia. After some research, I connected with an organization dedicated to public health in rural Bolivia. They are located in the…

In early March my Aunt Lili told me that she and her friend from Puerto Rico were looking for a group of six volunteers to fly down to the island to help with the hurricane relief effort. Without needing any convincing, two weeks later my best friend, (producer/engineer of my upcoming album) Nate and I…

I’d like to continue working off last weeks topic about creating a sustainable career as a musician. I think that community is king, and everything comes back to connection. With the advent of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat we are able to connect with one another in ways that have been impossible for all of…

So…I’m about a week late with the release of my biweekly newsletter/blog/YouTube video. I had the flu for a while and was unable to record another video so I decided to wait to release the blog post. Every time something goes wrong, I go back to the drawing board and learn that the solution is…

You’ve Got a Friend In Me For as long as I can remember, I’ve made lists. When I was a kid, I was obsessed with juggling, and after school I’d practice for hours. Every. Single. Day. I taught myself various patterns and tricks, and made lists of those I had mastered, and those that I…

This Christmas was the first in two years that I spent at home. Last year I was in Vietnam with my wonderful friend Ai, who had moved there for work from Japan, and the year before I was in New Zealand, couch surfing and staying with family. This past Monday morning, I woke up in…