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
Last Sunday, myself with my partners from Song Talk Radio, guitarist and singer Alon Rodovinski, got together to jam on Ana Morales' beautiful song, Lullaby. Ana presented the song on an episode of Song Talk Radio in January, and we decided to record a jam of the song. Phil and Bruce took on bass and [...]
For several months in 2014, I worked closely with singer-songwriter Dom Ventura, aka Hyphen dom, on producing several songs for his album free-dom in chains?. Arrangements included drums, strings, bass and piano parts to fully round out his songs. One of the biggest challenges I found as a producer was being able to embrace Dom's [...]
For a few months last winter, I was stuck having to take the regional “GO” transit to get to work. I found it strange that so much of my schedule was now much more dictated by train schedules, and the associated stress of getting to the station on time, and frequent delays. At the time, [...]
Images
Every once in a (long) while, the moon gets a bit closer to the Earth, and appears up to 14% larger in the sky. This makes photographer go a little bonkers and get very upset if there's cloud cover that night. Fortunately, we had a clear calm night to take our photos as part of [...]
I assisted with the Functional Program part of this business plan for an acute care clinic in the remote mining community of Red Lake, Ontario. I interviewed health care staff and providers in the community, and translated their needs into spatial and building service requirements. I also provided research, writing, photography, and layout services for two additional [...]
I provided digital photography services for student theatre plays, often in difficult lighting conditions.