About me (and my musical friends)     (2018)

Having grown up on rock ‘n roll, traditional church music, choral and pop vocal music, it was natural for me to get involved in playing with the worship band at church. I joined the worship team at CLC (Covenant Love Community Church, near Ithaca, NY), in the mid 80’s, and began writing worship songs in the late 90’s.

Upon retiring from my job at Cornell University in 2016, I turned my attention to fulfilling a long-held dream of making studio recordings of my songs to share with others. Fortunately, I was able to find technical and musical friends who were willing to help me improve on the quality of what I was able to produce alone. You will find those talented folks listed on the “song credits” page. 

I will briefly mention three of them here, all of whom I have known for decades:

·      Keith Kopatz, from Minneapolis, is a professional “sound guy” and a talented musician on multiple instruments. I send all my rough tracks (“stems”) that are recorded in my home studio in Ithaca to Keith, and he sometimes adds more instruments and then mixes and produces the final product.

·      Rick Drake, also (conveniently) living near Minneapolis, is an excellent keyboardist, arranger and choral director. 

·      Bill Cushman, from the Ithaca area and a fellow band mate at CLC, plays saxophone, arranges music, recruits other great players, and produces notation and lead sheets of my music.

I am deeply indebted to these great friends and many others for helping me to realize my dream. 

Now, if you can’t find me in Ithaca – you might try looking in Minneapolis! 

Enjoy the music!