I’m pleased to announce that five songs from the Steve’s Quest soundtrack have been fully recorded and mixed, and are now available for listening and download here.
I decided to put these out there for your (hopefully) listening pleasure, because the visual side of our production is taking a bit longer than I originally expected, and [...]

I used to assume I’d become more “realistic” and conservative in my thinking as I aged, but actually the opposite has happened.
Ten years ago, when I was 26, I was focused on “establishing myself” as a “high-powered professional,” and acquiring the relationships and possessions that fit with that “role.”  I lived as if it was [...]

We’re putting the finishing touches on the animation for the first episode of Steve’s Quest, and we expect to release the episode later this month!  To whet your appetite, I’ll share a few — oh, wait, what should I call these pictures from the episode?  Screenshots — or is that term only appropriate for video [...]

I left my psychology graduate program a little over a week ago.  It was a decision I’d agonized over for months, mostly because of how much I care about and enjoy my fellow students.
I eventually recognized I had to cross at least one or two items off my agenda.  I’d been working on my show, [...]

While the visual side of Steve’s Quest has been trudging along slowly but surely, I’ve been working on song ideas for other possible shows, since my goal is to write and produce a whole bunch of musicals.  My biggest ambition is to be able to say I have a musical oeuvre. 
I have several [...]

I’m excited to share a new song that appears in the second episode of Steve’s Quest, my upcoming online animated musical, called “Give Her The Tour.”
This song is a duet between Steve, our software engineer hero, and Ash, Steve’s friend and self-appointed romantic adviser.  Ash is giving Steve advice about how to romance Sabrina, Steve’s [...]

I recently realized that, whenever I’m doing something creative, whether it’s writing a song or a blog post or something else, one question I’m usually, and unconsciously, asking myself is:  “would my parents be okay with this?”
Not surprisingly, this concern is particularly strong when I’m writing a piece where some of the characters are parents.  [...]

Growing up, I believed that, if I told someone I was feeling sad or hurt, I would be “complaining.”  People who complain, I thought, are whiny and weak.
So, to be a “good boy,” and later on, a “real man,” I made sure I kept my moments of sadness and hurt to myself.  In fact, you [...]

The Annex Studios in San Mateo, CA, with our super-engineer Jermaine
Yesterday, I had the privilege of recording the Steve’s Quest Episode 2 vocal and dialogue tracks with thespians extraordinaire Robin Yukiko, Gina Harris and Justin Vanegas.
We recorded two songs — “Give Her the Tour,” a duet between Steve and Ash (Steve’s friend and romantic advisor) [...]

I know it was a nail-biting ordeal, but your patience is finally being rewarded — Part 2 of my top ten pop music clichés (here’s Part 1) is live n’ loud.  Here’s the rest of the long-awaited list:
6.  Rhyming “Change” with “Rearrange”: If the singer’s life is being changed by the breakup of their relationship, [...]