August 31, 2008: I am thrilled to report that Sophia Rosoff has accepted me as a full-time student. She is amazing. I have been working with Sophia for the last few months and my arm feels better and my piano playing sounds better than it has in a long time. Sophia's philosophy (which she inherited in part from her teacher Abby Whiteside) has helped me to look at music, the performance of music, the piano and my approach thereto in a completely new and fresh way. I am really enjoying my time with the instrument. My wife and I are in the process of buying a home, which means that I will soon have my piano out of storage and be able to make some new recordings to put here. My electric keyboard is better than nothing as far as keeping myself in shape, but every time I record on it I get mad at the artificial piano sounds coming out of it, spend an hour trying to tweak the recordings so they sound okay and eventually just throw my hands up in anguish (which is far less expensive than throwing my keyboard out the window). Stay tuned.
April 15, 2008: I have contacted Sophia Rosoff in NYC at the referral of Marcy Lindheimer, to whom I was referred by Noah Baerman. This coming Monday I begin my recovery from tendonitis and hopefully begin my reintegration back into professional music making. Sophia is a world-class piano educator and has mentored many famous musicians, so if there's anyone who can help me revamp my technique and get me back in the saddle, it's her. I'm really excited by this opportunity.
April 14, 2008: You may be here because you were looking for The Frog Bog, a blog I used to run. It was funny. Darn funny. The site got hacked and turned into a porn portal featuring heinous stuff and bad, harmful links. For more information about this event, visit the old Frog Bog home.