Songblog: Billy Joel / She’s Always A Woman

I’m a firm believer that Billy Joel is one of the finest craftsmen in the history of pop songwriting. As a musician, pianist, melodist, and lyricist, he has constantly brought an impeccable originality and mastery at creating three- to four-minute masterpieces. He’s also incredibly diverse. If you’ve seen him in concert, you’ve seen his ability…

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Working on the new movie Joyful Noise

Joyful Noise, a musical film starring Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah, has just been released, and I had the chance to work on the music for the film in a variety of behind-the-scenes aspects, including preproduction, keyboard work, drum programming, horn arranging, engineering, and assisting the composer for the movie, Mervyn Warren. From the IMDB…

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Dylan Lloyd: Thankful and the Crimea Music Festival

  I’ve been working with Chicago-born soul singer-songwriter and BMG/Radar/Bug artist Dylan Lloyd recently. One of our songs, “Thankful,” has just been released. Stream the entire song above, or own it by hopping over to iTunes! “Thankful” is a co-write between me and Dylan. Over a few writing sessions, we came up with the haunting persistent…

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