My story
New York doesn’t care whether you call yourself a saxophonist, an arranger, a producer, an engineer or an educator. It asks one question: can you make the music better?Read the full story
Whatever the Muse Asks Wherever the Music Goes
SaxophonistMulti-woodwindEWIComposerOrchestratorArrangerStudio engineerEducator
Forty years in New York as a working musician: on stage, in the studio and now on the page. I play, compose, arrange, record and educate, and it has always been one job.
Play
Saxophone, woodwinds and EWI for sessions, stages and records. Diana Ross to They Might Be Giants, Broadway to the studio floor.
Upcoming Events
- New York Horns with Glenn Alexander & ShadowlandTriumph Brewery, Red Bank, NJ
- Friction & Friends, Memorial for Wayne WarnekeFirst United Methodist Church, Stamford, CT
- Rob Stephens and the New Renaissance EnsembleGrace Church Van Vorst, 39 Erie St, Jersey City, NJ
CreditsListen
Hear the playing Create
Scores, arrangements and orchestrations for animation, film and artists. Director of Music at MITA-tainment.
ReelScoresDetour AheadCue libraryLicensing
See what I write 
Step Into the Studio
This is where it happens: two rooms, lots of toys, and everything within reach.
Take the tourRecord
A fully equipped New York studio and a horn section for hire. New York Horns has been recording custom parts for artists around the world since 1997.
Studio and hornsEducate
Lessons, coaching and resources for players who want to sound like themselves on their instrument.
Learn with meExplore
My EWI rig, how I think about AI and craft, and working notes from the studio.
Go exploringOn the road
From Small Clubs to Big Stages
Writing
Musings of a Blind Squirrel
Sometimes This Shit Still Surprises Me…
Yet another New York story of a day in the life of a working musician.
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What creates a musical identity on an instrument? On the EWI, it comes from programming.
Read the postObservations and anecdotes from forty years of working as a musician in New York City.
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Blind Squirrel Creative
Where It All Comes Together
From first breath, to final mix.
Performer, composer, arranger, orchestrator, producer, recording engineer, sound designer, educator—and occasionally several of those at the same time. One creative home base, from the first spark to a fully realized production.
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Gear From the Studio
1938 "Dorsey" Selmer Balanced Action Alto With Rare Selmer Traypack Case
$4,500
Sold1936 Selmer Balanced Action Tenor
Sold
1951 Verne Q. Powell Handmade Commercial Flute
$5,000
Lyricon Wind Driver Synthesizer
$1,900
Instruments and studio gear from my own shelves, 45 pieces in all. Every listing has its own page and a Make Offer form that comes straight to me.