I've now listened to both versions of "The Last Five Years":

"The Last Five Years" cast album from 2002, featuring Norbert Leo Butz and Sheri Rene Scott.

...and "The Last Five Years" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from 2014, with some of my favorite people, Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan.

I truly love them both. They both offer something unique ( Read more... )

One's "Annual Salary" is an interesting thing. I used to think that how much money you made was the only thing that mattered. For example ( Read more... )

I always wonder if what I'm doing at the present moment in life is fulfilling enough. I seem to always be seeking more. I think many others feel this way, too. This is particularly true for me because as a professional freelance musician, I have so many niches that I enjoy working in. These include ( Read more... )

Right now, I am living in Concord, California. I live with flybirdfly, aka Derek! Him and I have never lived together, but have been friends since 2002, can you believe that? We moved to The Lakes apartments on November 28, 2015. While it's a bit pricey, and definitely more expensive than Stockton, I am LOVING it here. Parking is difficult, as we only have ( Read more... )

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Hello all of you out there in the LiveJournal world ( Read more... )

...And hello to you all! It's been quite some time since I've last made a post on LiveJournal-over a year, to be exact! (So there were no posts in 2011, unfortunately!) However, I decided yesterday that I'd like to start posting in my trusty old LJ again to document what 2012 has in store for me.

I was most active in LiveJournal from 2003-2007, and ( Read more... )

The year of 2010 has come and almost gone in a quick and wonderful fashion. This year brought on many changes in my life, mostly realizations about what I truly want to be doing with music and my career.

I was fortunate enough to go to Europe this summer, where I attended the PRAGUE PIANO INSTUTITE. I went a week early and took a short trip to ( Read more... )

 I am back from my summer music camp. It took place on July 12 - 27, 2009 in Baltimore, MD, and Gettysburg, PA.  It was certainly a life-changing experience, as all of the summer institutions I go to.

Back in 2006 it started with the University of the Pacific piano camp, followed by the same in 2007. Then in 2008 I branched out and went to Idyllwild ( Read more... )

Music. This is just what I want to do. I know it is right; it is my utterly truest passion that I can certainly confirm without a doubt. Listening to any kind of music, playing it, writing it, arranging it--anything. Primarily, I just want to play the piano. That is my main love and that is what I want to do ( Read more... )