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As some of you may know, I've been afflicted with Dupuytren's Contracture for about 3 years now. This disease progressed to the point where I could no longer enjoy playing the piano and other day-to-day activities. I had the surgery on December 15, 2011 and on December 20th they removed the bandages and fitted me for a splint. You can follow my progress on my Facebook Album.

Here's a video of my and as I perform some of my "physical therapy." As you can see, the stiffness is improving and I have a much more authoritative range of motion.

This is exactly 4 weeks almost to the hour after surgery. Good range of motion. Still concerned about some nerve damage on the outside of my pinky finger toward the tip, but I have almost full use of the hand at the moment. Getting fitted for a scar conformer tomorrow.

Doom is 18 years old. I guess it's significant, because if Doom were a person it could vote, smoke, and drink in some countries. Doom is an adult now.

I first saw Doom in its original shareware release weeks after I came home from college in the office of my High School band director, Ray  Dietz. id Software created a masterpiece.

For example. Chopsticks are made from bamboo. Tomato goop is okay on sandwiches as long as there isn't too much of it. Bacon bits can be substituted for actual bacon, and (most importantly) jalapeno Cheetos go really good when placed upon a tuna-fish sandwich. It's a crunchy wonderful challenging taste cornucopia for the pre-teen taste palette.

They have a 30 minute video that you just have to watch.

Tell Me was the first song that we worked on which Mark had lying around.

Tell Me

The second one is Adventure, which is still in production. This version is the "B-Side" synth version that I was just having some fun with. The guitars you hear on this version are done by my good friend from College Mike Ruscio.

Adventure - Synth Mix

I've been pretty blessed musically in my life. From the 80s, I was a camp counselor at the Lake Wenatchee YMCA Camp and was told that I changed the lives of some kids. In the 1990s I had the fortune of being able to leverage my home recording studio to write music for video games and challenge my musical skills. In college, I got a (minor) degree in music. My nine-year-old is now taking piano.

I have a Roland D50 keyboard that is older than most of you reading this post, I have a Kurzweil K2000 keyboard, the 5th production keyboard off the line (#2 was Stevie Wonder). I've had a recording "studio" for 28 years. I don't do this for a living, I do it for fun.

In college, my friend Mike and I tried to be recording artists. At the time, I would tell you I couldn't sing my way out of a wet-paper sack. I still don't think I can, but friends and acquaintances close to me now say I can. So, I wanted to share one of my favorite songs I've ever recorded. It's a song by Chris Rice called "Other Side of the Radio." Enjoy!

Other Side of the Radio

As my friend Colin Cowherd says, "I try to avoid sketch." My music and thoughts should be centralized to one platform, and that platform has always been this site.