After her argument with Thomas, Maggie takes stock and prepares herself for the end to come.

If the World Should End Rough

Thomas delivers an opening soliloquy with dire warnings about the course humankind is on.

If This Goes On Rough

Free verse
Made in contemplation
Of the Metaverse

The Mirror (A Poem)

SNEAK PEEK from my upcoming album, the cast recording of Judgment Day - a musical about the end of the world.

After her argument with Thomas, Maggie takes stock and prepares herself for the end to come.

Sung by the incomparable Tia Simone!

If The World Should End Master Candidate

Cradle to Grave is about America’s twin obsessions: babies and
guns. It was written out of exasperation at the
draconian abortion laws passed by the Texas state
legislature in late 2022. In the very same year as
the Uvalde shooting massacre, in which twenty-one
innocent people were murdered, the state decided
that it was in everyone’s best interests to force
more unwanted births - only to have those lives
robbed a few years later in an elementary school.

This is the first general release of the song, which was recorded in May 2023 around the first anniversary of the Uvalde shooting. It’s a seventies-style rocker, a full-on protest song, my Ohio. Sadly, America continues to be alone in the developed world as a hellscape of gun violence— not to mention the potential setting of a real-world Handmaid’s Tale.

Cradle To Grave

The neweset track 🎶from Judgment Day, called Leap of Faith. ⛪️ Sung by yours truly and the amazing Tia Simone. 👏🏼

In this song, Maggie and Thomas finally decide to take a chance on each other. Of course they don't know what's yet to come... 😭

Leap Of Faith

It’s a new day: a happy group spreads the word of love, peace and harmony.

The second act of Judgment Day opens with a host of singers on a hill-- right out of the Hillside commercial, styled similarly-- singing a message of love, hope and a brand new day. It’s a truly joyous song (the only one in the whole opera), though in the context of the plot, the lyrics drip with irony, because everything goes downhill fast and for the remainder of Act II. Musically, it’s straight ahead pop with a catchy melody and beat, majestic rhythm guitars, and electronic keyboards and a horn section evocative of 1970’s jazz-pop groups like Chicago.

Peace On Earth ft Mela Bee

Trouble in the World DEMO

Boston 80's postpunk drummer/keyboardist turned computer graphics/web geek. Career CTO and software architect. Home studio hermit. Hedonist.

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