Please enjoy some original music and writing below!
Music
This piece is for my son Jack. Appropriately, itโs called โJackโs Songโ:
Here is a song I wrote for my wife Erica:
Some songs about stories I love:
A song for my first music teacher:
A song for my ancestors:
A couple songs that remind me of Prague:
A song about a bad decision:
A song for my pals:
A song for a friendship lost:
A piece I wrote while thinking about J.S. Bach:
And a few I wrote while obsessing about the brilliance of Beethoven:
Hereโs some improvised music at Slo-Down Pub in Grover Beach, CA:
Some rock music I played with my friends:
You can listen to the whole album here.
Hereโs a song from a time when I was feeling particularly nihilistic:
A song about how sometimes things fall apart, even when youโve put in the work:
This one is for my grandpa:
This one is for my babies:
This song is about love. Itโs also about the Titanic:
Writing
Everything in your life should be active except your ego: tips from The Bhagavad Gita
Why democracy may not be compatible with revolutionary socialism
Platoโs Theory of Forms makes for problematic political philosophy
When โdialogueโ is a distraction: totalitarianism in Platoโs Republic
Music that reminds me of drinking absinthe in Prague