Welcome back … finally.

I’d put this at about the fifth revamp this website has undergone since I began having one in 1999. At this point in the game we all realize the importance of a personal website; still, it’s never been on my front burner as far as staying on top of it. Between work and family alone, there are just too many other things in life to attend to … and honestly, the last thing I need are yet more hours in front of a computer screen. As such, the site was down for a couple of years as I was simply too busy to muster up the attention necessary to both rethink and then reassemble it.

And, while I’d love to do a daily or semi-weekly blog or have regular news, I know for sure I can’t promise such a thing - outlets like Facebook and Twitter have proven to be a more immediate way of posting simple updates. My discography will be here as usual – in various displays, no less - as well as links to both music I’ve worked on and videos I was involved in. Soon I’ll be uploading content to the Media section – pictures from past websites along with some material already displayed on my Facebook pages, but also other archive photos I’d either not scanned in before, or just came across on the Innerwebs.

Anyway, I hope you like it. This go-round was largely conceived and fully executed by singer-songwriter Heather Eatman, with whom I’ve had a longstanding musical relationship. She’s designed some nice interfaces and landings, and she’s also optimizing it for the smartphone and tablet universe.

So … what else can I say? Life’s been good, crazy, turbulent, jubilant, and unpredictable - just like the last time I composed a message like this. I still get to make good music with good people … though as we all know, that is getting harder and harder to do - especially so in this town. It’s been a bit heartbreaking to witness the musical and technical exodus from New York City – which, when I moved here in the 1980’s, was one of the meccas of the recording industry. Every day there’s news of somebody leaving for Los Angeles, or Austin, or Nashville, or upstate. And, aside from the digital transformation of our industry (which has been documented in more places than I can count, accompanied by about as many opinions on what to do about it), there’s also the transformation of NYC to contend with; at times it feels like it’s become the worlds most expensive suburb, as rampant development rips out the character that so many of us came here for in the first place. Given all that, I often wonder if my own time here will soon come to a close … though on some level that’s an unthinkable prospect. I’ve lived in many places, and traveled to here, there and everywhere … but in the end, NYC made me. The thought of living elsewhere is not fathomable.

Oh – and I now have four gorgeous kids, and still ride my bike … which makes me a lucky duck.

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NYC Oct ‘14