What a great September it was. I got to perform at the Seattle Center 50th Birthday Bash and though I must admit my voice wasn’t perfect the people really seemed to appreciate it. In fact the MC told me that I had the biggest crowd of the day on that stage. I know you’re never [...]
It seems if you want to release a Christmas CD in time for Christmas you have to start to work on it in August. So that is what I am doing. I’m in the studio singing Christmas songs surrounded by Christmas decorations and trying to get into the spirit singing Baby It’s Cold Outside when [...]
So it turned out that I don’t have tonsillitis at all but I do have a problem with my vocal cords. It seems you can't not sing for twenty years and then rush right out and record an album. You can get blisters on your vocal cords just like you can on your feet. The [...]
The month started off very well. The music video for Come Fly With Me went out and has over 600 views. Both of my singles Come Fly With Me and That’s Life hit number one on the Amazon Hot New Releases list for swing jazz and I’ve starting planning for the Christmas CD. I’ve also [...]
What a journey it has been. I am entering my sixth month of “retirement” and I have released a CD and made a music video. When I wrote my first blog and asked you to “come fly with me” even I didn’t know the excitement I was in for. One thing I wanted to make [...]
In my last blog I mentioned that in addition to everything else I am doing I am writing a book. As my web site mentions I grew up in the projects of South Philly. We were very poor and we wanted a better life. We worked hard to get out of there but there were [...]
I’ve been retired for three months now. Retired? That’s funny. My wife would say I didn’t retire at all…that I just changed careers. She’s probably right. After all I just finished recording a CD. I’ve started work on a book. I have a Facebook page, a Twitter page, a YouTube Channel, and I’ve just launched [...]
