Another ball has dropped, leaving us all to pick ours up and get moving. I’m out of the cliché NYE resolutions — I’m drinking less, eating healthier, losing weight, recording, experimenting with riffs — for once I’m coming into a new year in full swing of getting everything I need to get done, done. That…
If you’re wandering the streets of Astoria this Thursday evening, please stop in and watch me play at the Rapture Lounge from 9 to 9:45 — Rapture is a great wine-and-cocktail spot, with a nice lounge atmosphere and a friendly staff. Come early and stay late, there are people playing before and after me!
I’m playing at An Beal Bocht this Sunday, and here is a list of reasons you should go: 1. The ambience: Beal Bocht is beautiful, with an atmosphere that evokes every living room you wish you had, while holding that Irish pub charm. The tables are scattered and unmatched, lending a feeling of informality that…
The holiday season is upon us, and I’m reminded once again of how different my life is now. I’ve spent a lot of holidays alone — call it self-imposed exile if you want, it fits well enough — and I can tell you it’s one of the most hollow feelings in the world. My sister’s…
Yesterday, I used this video to propose to my beloved, and she said yes! Thank you to everybody who wished us well yesterday. It was the anniversary of our first date as well, so she gave me a fun bunch of anniversary presents, which I’ll post visuals for as soon as I have them: A…
When you live with somebody you love in a one-bedroom Harlem apartment, privacy becomes a thing you had. You learn not to miss it, as the two of you go about your days giving each other your Hulu passwords and admitting that you ate the rest of the gelato but promising to buy more. That…
I just got invited to play Rockwood Music Hall’s stage 1 tomorrow night at 6 PM, courtesy of Gus at Rockethub! This is my first time playing Rockwood in over two years, so please, if you can, come vote for me playing their with your fine, sexy bodies! (No lie, I need your bods in…
Tonight will be my first night in the studio, recording with Brandon Wilde, making “Two People Made This Mess” a reality! I spent the morning writing out the BPMs from the demos to give us a guiding light through the first session (for click-track purposes) — most likely, we’re gonna do a bunch of live…
A million things to say, a million ways to start, but only one post to create. A lot of people make this look very easy. From June 27 – August 10th, I ran a campaign on the NYC-based crowdfunding site Rockethub, in order to cover the recording costs for “Two People Made This Mess.” In…
Odds are, if you’re here this week, it’s because you read about me in the New Republic. Welcome! Stop popping your gum. Seriously. In any case, here’s a blog post about the writing of Misophone, the demo of which you can download now, and which I hope to record as part of my next album…