MUSIC
I’ve written show tunes, country, pop songs, R&B, jazz and piano pieces, pieces for band, string quartets, comedy songs, sad songs, etc., and I’m still learning.
I’ll just put a list of some of my influences here and hopefully you’ll take the time to listen to some of my stuff and see if I really learned anything from all these folks.
In no particular order: George Gershwin, Johnny Mercer, Sammy Cahn, Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Ivan Lins, Dave Grusin, Don Grusin, Steely Dan, Michael McDonals, Stephen Bishop, Jimmy Webb, Randy Goodrum, Bruce Hornsby, Billy Preston, The Beatles, Burton Lane, Yip Harburg, Harold Arlen, Eliane Elias, Leroy Anderson, Aaron Copeland, Stravinsky, Milhaud, Debussy, Ravel, John Williams, Jerry Herman, Jule Styne, Jimmy Van Heusen, Hoagy Carmichael, Kenny Loggins, Harry Warren, Randy Newman and many, many more…
