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On February 19th last year my daughter, Clara, turned 5 years old.  On February 19th last year my dear friend, Lori Meli, died.  It makes for an emotional seesaw come next month. Lori is survived by her husband, Fredi.  Some of you may know him as my bass player for many years when we wereRead More…

Back when I was sure the only instrument these hands would hold would be a scalpel, I had a recurring dream.  A goofy dream that I never dared share because it had nothing to do with medicine or biomedical engineering or mathematics or any of the stuff I was surely meant to be forever involvedRead More…

Everything happens in May. My sister told me yesterday. On May 5, 1995 Matthew died and my world was turned on it’s head. I grabbed the rope and didn’t drown despite the rain that would not let up for 6 weeks after Matti’s last day on earth. I climbed aboard the life raft that wasRead More…

The thing is that music for me has always been about people. And how it all happens is defined almost absolutely by the folks involved. The writing has been inspired by relationships…a few too many bad ones, no doubt, but relationships all the same.  People.  How we love them, how we think we loath themRead More…