Welcome to my website. I’m a passionate amateur songwriter, producer, photographer, videographer, and blogger. I write about my creative process, health issues, and just about anything else that strikes my fancy.
I’m a co-founder and co-host of the Song Talk Radio podcast and Meetup group; producer, drummer and co-songwriter of the indie-folk-rock band Beige Shelter; and I also release my own music.
I invite you to spend some time here, discover something, maybe learn something, have a laugh, and enjoy my musings. Thanks for visiting!
Words
Music
As hosts for Song Talk Radio's 2015 Holiday Show, we were challenged to write a 60-second Christmas song in the days leading up to the show. Ā I decided that in order to get a song done quickly, it would have to be rap/spoken word and I'd need to come up with lyrics first. Ā I started [...]
On November 24, once again I appeared on Song Talk Radio as the featured guest. Ā I spoke with Bruce and Phil about three of my latest songs, and in a special twist, Sonja Seiler joined us as co-host and co-writer of one of the songs. Ā We talked about collaboration, anthropomorphism, and whether or not I [...]
My wife asked me why I never put her in a song, or one of our experiences, into a song. Good question. After much pondering, I thought it might be good to go all meta and write a song about how I never wrote her a song. And of course, in keeping with the meta [...]
Images
I assisted a supplier of equipment and medical supplies prepare a proposal for exclusive distribution privileges in the Canadian breast implant market. I provided writing, proposal layout and business cards for the new business venture.
For my second time taking photos at High Park during the spring cherry blossoms, I decided to focus on people taking in the natural beauty. Given the millions of people in Toronto, and the hordes of them who come to the park to see the blossoms, two of the strangers I candidly shot turned out [...]
This was the first time both my girlfriendĀ and I had booked a holiday at a tropical resort. We picked Mexico for a good reason, that it had more opportunities to leave the resort for a day and soak in some local culture. In fact, the two days we spent off the resort were the most [...]