November 3rd 1982. 

I walked into a little room and met a guy that started teaching me an A chord. That moment was not unlike when young men cheered in the streets at the declaration of world war 1 not knowing in the slightest what they were in for.

I have been fighting to get my head around this business ever since. I don't regret a bit of it. 

The journey has taught me that there really are 2 types of people. One will look at Mt Everest and get excited to climb it. Another will retreat. I personally am an excellent climber.

I really started late because I was just a guitar player for so long. But at 30 I sat in a youth hostel in Spain realizing I was not happy and came back and quit everything in the same week. Band, job and apartment. Good decision.

in 1999 I did this   I remember sitting and recording it in my apartment. 

Then I did this.  I think humor was the path I used to express the more serious stuff. 

After that,  To this day I listen to some of what is on this and wonder where it came from

Ah, who can forget Ira's Glare....? me. that's who.

Then, the one I really love. Uranium Fields.  That one was damn good.

I guess I had to take a break for a bit doing all kinds of money related stuff. That period is coming to a close. The one thing I can say is I have escaped the shame of being a failed musician because I now make my living with something called "The Guitar Den" and I have played somewhere around 1500 live shows. I'm not bragging because I know guys that are around 4000. When I was a resident musician on Bleecker Street in New York City, I learned from watching guys play that should be studied in college.

I have found that each period in life presents challenges that will eventually be tucked into a wheelhouse of skills that you draw upon in the future. Each one gets easier to learn only because you have the experience of the previous one to draw from. It's still hard, but you will not be beaten by what I call "The Illusion of infinity." That is basically when you think your way out of something becuse it seemed too hard .

As of August 2022 I am going on tour with a self-financed advertising campaign courtesy of modern technology (the internet).