SINGER, SONGWRITER, GUITARIST

I began playing guitar at the age of nine and began playing with discipline in high school. By college, I was writing songs and began playing in bars in both open mics and paid appearances. In grad school, an acting teacher warned me that I was “putting what he wanted to see in my acting into my songs.” And he was worried the music was a “distraction.” I dutifully put the guitar away during those three years and only occasionally picked it up. When I first moved to New York after grad school, the urge was too great. I began writing and playing again, occasionally performing a few songs at The Cottonwood Cafe in The Village. I was the actor friend of several more accomplished musicians who got a kick out of a couple of my songs. Eventually acting work and life postponed my singing and playing. During the Pandemic, I started playing again. Got a couple more guitars. And on September 25, 2025, I performed in an open mic night for the first time in 31 years at The Getaway in Chicago. Here is the video of the first song of that performance.