i don't really know what to say about it (my work) besides it is my way of passing on the torch of love and knowledge. hear "lay me down" and "at home and abroad" to know, hear it all to really know. beyond that, i am just another brother from the 'hood doing the best i can to make sure that i add something of value to the tribe's continued well being.
i hope it won't turn you against me but i am not from boston, originally. i was born in los angeles (and am a die hard laker's fan... ahe...
i don't really know what to say about it (my work) besides it is my way of passing on the torch of love and knowledge. hear "lay me down" and "at home and abroad" to know, hear it all to really know. beyond that, i am just another brother from the 'hood doing the best i can to make sure that i add something of value to the tribe's continued well being.
i hope it won't turn you against me but i am not from boston, originally. i was born in los angeles (and am a die hard laker's fan... ahem..., not that i watch it now or really care now but deep down somewhere the little boy still lives...) but my father was born in boston so maybe that entitles a brother to half a credit? i did live there for five years and it was there that i decided to go forward as an artist at last. before i moved there, i had not played a note or written a creative word in more than twenty years. it was the action of moving back to the states (i had been living in holland and before that germany for a few years) that allowed me to see just how much trouble our communities are in at present and forced me to search my soul to see what i could do to help...
i slowly started playing again and had to start with figuring out how to put the damned things together and which end to blow out of but, as you know, the only way to carnegie hall is practice, practice, practice and so that is what i did. at this point, the cd is the tip of my iceburg. i have two books coming out soon too and will also go into the studio to record additional music to add to the current cd and release in record stores, instead of just the online version now available. i also have two theatre pieces that are in various stages of making their way to the stage.
so, though i may not be from boston, it was there i found the courage to do what i was born to do: to ring the bell of awakening to a people too long asleep and in danger of going out without ever knowing that they go, as happens when one passes away in one's sleep... if they buy it, i am happy but if they hear it, just hear it then i have done my job and i am most gratified by that first and foremost.
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