I am a native New Yorker who first played the piano at age 5 along with a Barry Manillow LP and consider Barry the “guy that taught me to play” but embraces artists like Billy Joel, Elton John & composers David Foster, John Williams & James Horner who have been most influential in my musical pursuits.

I am working on my Master Certificate in Orchestration for Film and Television at BerkleeMusic.com under Brad Hatfield, Ben Newhouse and Peter Bell. I have as BS in Corporate Communication from Ithaca College, a Certification from New York University in Multimedia Production and have taken over 10 non-metriculated classes at the Internal Center of Photography in NYC.

After suffering the side effects of being a first responder during the attacks of 9/11 on the World Trade Center, I was forced to table photography and all elements of my former professional career in order to take care of my health which originally lead me to studying and performing music. Happy accidents. I also teach and coach privately in his home recording studio or on-site for musical improvisors.

The Magnet Theater is my former Tuesday night hot spot for accompanying Musical Improv troupes as a part of the Musical Megawatt team playing piano and electric bass. Other Venues in NYC: UCB, Chicago City Limits, Comedy Sportz, The Castillo Theater All Stars Project, and The People’s Improv Theater. This past summer, (2012) he made his first network television appearance playing the piano on BRAVO’s Love Broker, as a “client” of the matchmaker, produced by Intuitive Entertainment.

QUIRKS
I will buy the same song on itunes performed by 10 different people and analyze their arrangements and interpretations. I love to splice and dice them. Then I re-do them! I will analyze the most minor detail of a recording and obsessively.

SOFTWARE
Logic, Kontakt Komplete 8, Electricity Vir2, Ivory, EastWest Symphonic Choirs, Symphonic Orchestra.

Sample insrtuments: Bardstown Upright Bass & Bosendorfer 290. I am a piano junkie and find natural sounding instruments to be the absolute best! Kontakt Komplete, Albion I & II, 8dio strings. A wide variety of orchestral samples to achieve optimal sound.

HARDWARE
MacPro, Mackie Onyx1220 (Midi connected),
Controllers: Fatar Studio 900, Kurzwel K2600, Studio Logic

INSTRUMENTS
Electric Bass, Warwik Streamer $$ 4-string, NORD Stage 2, Kurzweil K2600x, Roland JUNO 106. Over 10,000 Audio Units of sampled instruments including 50 Grand pianos ranging from Bosendorfer to Steinway.

MICROPHONES
Rode NT1-A
Sennheiser MKH 413 P 48 U3
MXL V67
Trion 7000 (Dual Element Ribbon)
Mojave MA-300

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