Photos: BentonCollins.com (above) & Michael Benabib (below)

Merry Christmas & Happy Hanukkah!

Bupkis just can’t help himself…enjoy!

“Jingle Shtick”

“Noel Noel”

“Feliz Navidad”

…and for good measure, here’s one for Hanukkah, too…

“The Dreidle Song”

A few weeks ago, I discovered Damian Keyes, (musician, teacher, manager, entrepreneur, author, online community leader, recent fiance’–mazel tov!–and social networking expert), on my Youtube feed.  His videos are inspirational lessons on the what-to-do’s and what-not-to-do’s in the music industry, and in particular, with marketing oneself online (an area in which I have struggled, and take the most interest).

I proceeded to purchase his debut book, “The Rule Breaker’s Guide To Social Media”, around the time he announced his new competition, offering to manage an act for six months to try to help them grow their career as an artist.  Above is my video submission for said contest…enjoy!

Though I am cautiously optimistic about my chances, I found the process of putting this all together (writing, and re-writing the script several times, editing, wife’s opinion, editing again, then shooting and editing the video by myself, wife’s opinion, and editing again), so helpful in just getting me to organize my thoughts about myself as an artist and showbusinessman–where I’m at, assets that I have, what I need to work on, etc., that I feel really good about championing Damian’s cause.  You can check him out here:  

damiankeyes.com

#DamianKeyes

I wrote this song for my amazing, beautiful wife, and performed it live at our intimate wedding, on November 21st, 2018.

It tells our story from my standpoint.

For our 1st Wedding Anniversary, I recorded the tune with the help of my friend Danny Weinkauf, at his Red Pants Studios, and pieced the video together myself, using footage I shot in the studio, as well as wedding footage by Paul Aleksinko from New York Style Video.

…enjoy!

As many of you know, I am a huge fan of Buddy Holly and his music.  This tune,

“I’m Lookin’ For Someone To Love” is the B-side to his 1957 hit, “That’ll Be The Day”…enjoy!

I love Aimee Mann’s songwriting, and this track, written about The World’s Fair in my hometown, is not only meaningful to me, but also very catchy–much like all the music from “Whatever”, the album this track bounds from.  In fact, it’s one of my favorite records of all time.  Every song from this 1993 Jon Brion-produced gem is brilliant from start to finish…highly recommend…enjoy!