Wicked the Musical Performing on the Tonight Show
The pandemic caused Broadway to close down and all of us playing shows wondered when we could return. In September of 2021, some of the shows started reopening and The Tonight Show had Broadway Week, where they closed the show each night with a live performance from...
Next Time I See You
2020 started off with many plans. Only a few of those came to be. But as all my performances and recording sessions cancelled, I found ways to create my own plans. The December before 2020, my wife left the country, to spend the holidays with her family. I had a...
Episode Three – Toro Mata
Toro Mata is a traditional Afro-Peruvian piece. I was constantly coming up with new ideas, for the arrangement. This one might help, with some explaining. Intro Many live performances of Peruvian music begin with a guitar cadenza. I used that...
Caleb’s Confession, by Tucker Donelan – NEA Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge
I worked with the National Endowment for the Arts, on a very special project. Students competed with their musical theater compositions. Winners had the opportunity to travel to NYC and work with a team of Broadway professionals, to produce a live...
Ten Seconds to Infinity, by Eliza Corrington & Braxton Carr – NEA Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge
This is one of two projects I did with the National Endowment for the Arts. Eliza and Braxton were high school students that competed and won the opportunity to travel to NYC and work with a team to produce one of their musical theater works.
Episode Two – Nardis
With my newest bass a months old, I decided to take time to focus on my slap technique. I wanted to challenge myself to play a jazz tune all slap. In my practice sessions, I also slapped the improvised solo. But this take, that was my favorite, had...
Episode One – Stand By Me
Here's the first episode and the first recording on my new fretless bass. I wanted to create a project, that would give me a focus for practicing on the new bass. The more I got into it, I also found other goals. I started listening to the...
You Can’t Stop the Beat
This groove has a good bump and, as with all the BIV arrangements, the entire piece is so fun, inspiring and infectious. I improvised a lot on this one, and didn't realize how it would effect the video. There's some cool playing, that doesn't always line...
Defying Gravity – Broadway Inspirational Voices
So fun! I started playing Wicked the Musical on Broadway in 2016 and BIV coincidently was working on an arrangement of Defying Gravity, at the same time. In live shows, we performed the piece as a bigger production. Drum set, electric bass and...
Luck Be A Lady – Broadway Inspirational Voices
Six incredibly talented vocalists from Broadway Inspirational Voices sing this standard in the classic jazz style, freshened up just the way BIV always does. The arrangement and performance are amazing!
I Don’t Need A Roof
The female choir members of the Broadway Inspirational Voices shine so brightly. Moments like this connect my heart with the music and performers around me. Check out the energy moves through this performance, awesome!
No More Wasted Time
WOW!! What a group. I love every project with BIV. This was recorded in a small theater in lower Manhattan with an eminence amount of talent on and off camera. The acoustic vibe in the gospel style is fresh!
The Goodbye Song, from Smash on NBC
Here's a track from the second season of the NBC television show, Smash. I recorded on the first and second seasons and it was such great fun. The musicians and production team were incredible!
Stand, from Smash on NBC
Stand was the first track I was on, for the television show Smash. We did the session at the famous Avatar Studios. Joseph Joubert was the music director and the great Broadway Inspirational Voices recorded the choir parts. So many extremely talented...