Remember MTV Unplugged?

Remember MTV Unplugged?

Back in the early 1990s MTV Unplugged was a phenomenon. The show officially launched in the waning months of 1989, but really exploded during the following several years while I was in college at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. The concept was pretty simple. Take...
That Goal for 2025

That Goal for 2025

About a year ago, in December of 2024, I knew I needed to change my approach to making music. I was longing to play with other people and get back into my local scene, so I set a (relatively) simple goal for 2025: put together a band and play a couple of gigs. To...
JASON at Zoetropolis 12.6.25

JASON at Zoetropolis 12.6.25

Our second JASON show went down at Zoetropolis on December 6. There was a great turnout to celebrate Sorry, the new release by Dipped. It’s an atmospheric collection of tracks inspired by 90s shoegaze and Mazzy Star acoustic dream-pop, so very much to my liking. Their...
First JASON Show at West Art

First JASON Show at West Art

This new band of mine has been branded as JASON. Anne, my now wife as of early October, suggested the name one evening, and after I realized she wasn’t joking, she made a valid point. Nobody can ever spell my last name anyway, and this new music should be called...
Studio: Welcome Back

Studio: Welcome Back

After only a handful of rehearsals with the new band during the spring of this year, I felt like a good next step would be to get into a studio and hammer out a few songs to act as a booking demo, and perhaps the start of a releasable recording. I settled on The...