When I first moved to the Mission in San Francisco, I lived in a teeny room in a flat with with several roommates, one of whom was a brilliant writer, Karen Wiederholt. After reading several of her poems, I asked if she’d be okay with me turning one of them into a song. I was …
Our first collaborative song, Scarborough started out with Doug noodling on the piano in his studio and I said, “Hey, that sounds a little like Scarborough Fair” and I started singing to it. Whipped out the voice memo app and recorded it. From there Doug recorded more piano on his own and sent it to …
Many years ago a fellow songwriter was suffering from a medical condition. She was much too young when she passed away and I spent a lot time afterwards trying to understand what it might have been like to reach out to the place she felt was on the other side. She described it as a …
I was inspired to write the song “The Time Has Come” after participating in my first climate rally in San Francisco. Before the rally I was afraid that I might be one of only a dozen people attending, which would confirm my fear that hardly anyone was willing to put themselves out there on this …
Dear Friends, Over the past year I’ve become a deeply involved climate change activist with 350 Silicon Valley. I’ve also created an original song and music video, “The Time Has Come” about climate activism. Here’s how this journey started… 2012 was a hard year for me. I finally faced the truth that our planet is …
