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For those of you who have noticed me rattling on since this past April about a tune I’m working on by the name of “All Around Us,” you may be asking yourself, “what type of a whack-job spends 7 months on the same song and is STILL working on it?! Who does this guy think he is - Brian Wilson?!? (more…)

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To be more precise, it’s actually a song I wrote with my Monkey Bars partner in crime, Gabriel D Vine as well as Alex Lang, and was the reason we were offered a deal with Subliminal Records in 2001. (more…)

I just wanted to let everyone know that I’ve done some research and put together a discography of all the recordings I’ve appeared on either as a producer or as a sideman. Noticeably missing from the list at the time of this posting are any recordings made under the name “Bloompocket,” but of course, that will be changing soon (you’ll be the first to know!). (more…)

So 2 weekends back I had a very inspiring experience that I wanted to share with everyone. As some of you may or may not know, I was a high school jazz band geek, spending every weeknight practicing sax, often spending my weekend nights doing the same, or better yet, jamming with fellow high school jazz band geeks (such as Gabriel D Vine, with whom I formed Monkey Bars). Besides being in the band, I competed in tons of different music competitions, including one called the Music Center Spotlight Awards. It’s a pretty prestigious competition and I actually ended up winning the jazz instrumental category my senior year back in 1993. (more…)

Whenever one compiles a list of the “top” anything unbounded controversy is almost certain to ensue. However, with this list, the last thing I’m looking to do is to inspire debate. I realize that there may be many “house purists” who will disapprove of my exclusion of many of the classics from the early days of house music. However, this is a list of favorites from the perspective of a jazz musician-turned-house head, which, as I will be the first to tell you, is an unusual perspective at this stage in music history. (more…)

While I’m still getting around to putting a proper bio up here somewhere, in the meantime, I don’t think I can really introduce myself to you guys without mentioning the whole sax/jazz music dimension.

Despite my excessive and extravagant production studio, you’ll be shocked to learn that music production was actually not my entry point into the world of music. (more…)

For those (very few) of you who haven’t the slightest idea of who I am, if you are a fan of house music, you might remember the production duo I was a part of called Monkey Bars. We recorded an album and some singles for Subliminal Records as well as a slew of other tracks and remixes for labels such as OM, Moonshine, Aquarius, Nettwerk, Vanguard and a bunch of others, including our very own Clover Club Recordings. (more…)