At a glance (Solo, The Day Traders & The Dent)

• Independently released 2 E.P.s and 5 full-length albums, in total selling over 4,500 records in the U.S., Europe and Japan.

• Charted on CMJ after receiving airplay across the U.S. (and Canada) for the songs "Look Up," "End of the World," and the Elton John homage "Fantastic."

• Won "runner-up" in the John Lennon songwriting contest in 2002 and in 2003 for the song "End of the World." Also won "runner-up" in the Billboard Song Contest in 2003 and was a "finalist" in the U.S.A. Songwriting Competition in 2003 for the song "Look Up."

• Performed at such festivals/showcases as NXNE, Dewey Beach Pop Music Festival, the Singer/Songwriters Hall of Fame, the NY Songwriters Circle and the International Pop Over Throw in Boston and New York.

• Performed at such east coast venues as New York's CBGB's, The Luna Lounge, The Lion's Den; Connecticut's The Levitt Pavilion, Toad's Place, Webster Theater and The Bushnell Center for Performing Arts; and Boston's Paradise Lounge and Club Passim in Cambridge.

• Attained extensive local and nat'l press attention on AMG, CD Baby, A&R Online, 2Walls.com, Pop Matters, Not Lame, New Haven & Fairfield County Advocates and the Village Voice to name a few.

• Placed songs on several compilations including the Vagrant Compilation and Myrtle's Favorites Vol. #1.

Timeline

1980 Saw first concert. Kiss and Judas Priest. Other than Gene Simmons “flying” over the half empty arena, all I remember is crying a lot and eventually getting very sick. (In hindsight, I was a little young too appreciate it. But as you will see, I’ll get another chance.)

1987 Started playing drums. First time I ever sat down at a kit, I was able to play a solid rock beat. (Oddly, despite years of private teaching and and eventually minoring in music performance with a concentration on drums, I never got much better than that first day I rocked out. There’s a lesson in there somewhere.)

1990 Formed what would eventually become The Dent. First gig was at a middle school dance. (Performed such dance staples as The Spirit of Radio by Rush and of course a handful of crowd-pleasing originals.)

1992 The Dent broke up and we went our separate ways. (College)

1995 With our separate ways providing us no success, The Dent re-formed. (Graduated)

1996 Saw Kiss on their first reunion tour – with make up. Redemption.

2000 After many brushes with big time opportunity but no real breaks, The Dent got all bummed out and sick of each other and broke up.

2002 You guessed it? The Dent got back together and released the EP “Neurotica.” (Appropriate name, huh?) The album was very well received and elevated us to a whole new level both with fans and the industry. We quickly followed up with the prophetically titled full length “Farewell.”

2003 On the heals of 2 successful releases, we did what any band on their way up would do: we toured, and then broke up.

2005 Jeff Norberg and I (2/3 of The Dent) put out an album as The Day Traders, produced by Saul Zonana. The album got great reviews in the pop press and scored us a whole new following. So naturally, we broke up.

Later that year, I released my first solo album.

2006 Struck up a partnership (and friendship) with industry veteran and guru Eugene Foley and “signed” an artist management contract with Foley Entertainment.

2007 With no one left to break up with, I went and released another solo album entitled “Learn How to Love.”