February Rent

I’m a Chicagoland singer-songwriter making bedroom rock for the bored & aimless. I was born & raised on Beatles & polkas. I’m not fully sure how that equated to a sound more along the lines of Elliott Smith, but hey… I’m not complaining.

Dangerously, I recorded my first songs before I had the slightest ounce of talent or decent gear. Case in point is my first “album,” 2001’s “Cold In Your Head,” tracked on a 60-second audio recorder that came FREE with Windows '95. Yikes! How far home-recording has come since then! But I was a freshman in high school with big ideas, no filter, & time on my hands.

My dad was the musical genius in the family. Methodical, disciplined, and creative; An accountant and computer software engineer by day but singer, clarinet, and sax player in a few different bands by night. He passed in 2000. No words… I was desperate for distraction and my Mom obliged buying my first guitar. Learning by ear and by book (no YouTube yet), I couldn’t wait to create. Experiencing the joy of a satisfying lyric or lick and the addictive frustration attempting to commit ideas to tape the way they sound in your head... U2’s album “All That You Can’t Leave Behind” released that same year and helped shape who I’d become and the first sound I sought.

I record because it’s fun, but sharing it with you is exhilarating! What a great feeling to be heard, and to hear from you…

Thanks for checking me out!
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