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I sit at a piano every single day and I take a lot of pictures of them. I'm going to take a picture every day for the next 365 days and post it to this blog. It's hopefully going to be easier than taking a vitamin because I've never been able to get that together.

Saturday, July 31, 2010

July 31, 2010

home. 6:00pm. 80°. more songwriting. nyu t, shorts, barefoot. in the room: air conditioning

Friday, July 30, 2010

July 30, 2010

home. 2:49pm. 83°. getting back to some writing finally. batman t, cutoffs, barefoot. in the room: a happy songwriting camper.

Thursday, July 29, 2010

July 29, 2010

chelsea studios. 11:30am. 81°. last audition session of the week. polo, jeans, chucks. in the room: ten little indians.

July 28, 2010

bed. 12:27am. 80º. can't find the picture i took today, this one from last week in philly. shorts. in the room: the blower's daughter.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

July 27, 2010

chelsea studios. 12:58pm. 87°. playing auditions. again. obama t, jorts, haviainas. in the room: some interesting song choices.

Monday, July 26, 2010

July 26, 2010

st. louis. 7:38pm. 82°. from james cunningham, final performance of CATS at the MUNY. orchestra blacks. in the room: no dogs.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

July 25, 2010

philly. 5:22pm. 71°. fantasy football presentation. jeans, polo, chucks. in the room: the phillies.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

July 24, 2010

philly. 1:40pm. 87°. writing drum parts and therefore missing cues. steinhardt t, jorts, barefoot. in the room: ernest byner.

Friday, July 23, 2010

July 23, 2010

philly b&b. 3:31pm. 79º. frantically trying to keep up with David's changes and new cues. hulk t, shorts, 2 cats asleep on my feet. in the room: DI

Thursday, July 22, 2010

July 22, 2010

philly. 7:50pm. 86°. fantasy football rehearsal. batman t, cutoffs, havaianas. in the room: awesomeness and Emmitt Smith.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

July 21, 2010

london. 2:18pm. 22ºC. in the lounge at the BFI Southbank, from michael harrington. obama t, cutoffs, barefoot. in the room: lots of brightly colored furniture and cool people drinking and sweating (no a/c)

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

July 20, 2010

philly. 8:30pm. 85°. fantasy football first rehearsal. bass t, jeans, chucks. in the room: an amazingly hilarious cast.

Monday, July 19, 2010

July 19, 2010

ripley grier. 10:40am. 73°. playing auditions, first time posting from iPhone! polo, jeans, chucks. in the room: sk, et al.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

July 18, 2010

home. 10:34pm. 85º. working on fantasy football score. black t, cutoffs, barefoot. in the room: a ladybug

Saturday, July 17, 2010

July 17, 2010

plaza hotel. 7:10pm. 89º.  polo, jeans, sandals. in the room: ashley and michael.

July 16, 2010

T&C. 10:03am. 89º. ELF EPA. polo, jeans, sandals. in the room: interns

Thursday, July 15, 2010

July 15, 2010

ripley grier. 5:18pm. 87º. waiting for 5:30. lacoste polo, jeans, sandals. in the room: jillian.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

July 14, 2010

home. 9:07pm. 75º. this photo from Grant's office while trying to find a celeste sample on floppy disks. ah the memories. more cowbell t, shorts, barefoot. in the room: nobody

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

July 13, 2010


home. 5:54pm. 79º. another international piano-this one from a friend in Brazil! I think it's called Caipirinha in Portugese. Obama t, khaki shorts, barefoot. in the room: a big pink deadline.

Monday, July 12, 2010

July 12, 2010


home. 9:12pm. 80º. this photo all the way from Australia thanks to a friend down under! batman t-shirt, jeans, chucks. in the room: an impending thunderstorm it seems

July 11, 2010

home. 11:42pm. 78º. working in my room because it's 300º in my living room. grey t, jorts, barefoot. in the room: a mosquito that I can't seem to find

Sunday, July 11, 2010

July 10, 2010

home. 3:55am. 74º. took the day off to hang with family. blue polo, khaki shorts, sandals. in the room: ali solomon and david stollings.

Friday, July 9, 2010

July 9, 2010

home again. 6:45pm. 84º. plugging away at orchestrations. such a lonely job. new york tourist t-shirt, striped shorts, barefoot. in the room: humidity

Thursday, July 8, 2010

July 8, 2010

home. 5:08pm. 86º. writing orchestrations. more cowbell t, no pants, barefoot. in the room: the heat

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

July 7, 2010

ripley grier 10th floor. 10:58am. 90º. playing auditions. O'Bama t, shorts, Havaianas. in the room: awesome and famous people

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

July 6, 2010


home. 4:46pm. 102º. working on orchestrations. nintendo university t-shirt, striped shorts, barefoot. in the room: a puddle

Monday, July 5, 2010

July 5, 2010

home. 4:18pm. 97º. not writing orchestrations like I'm supposed to be. altar boyz t, grey striped shorts, barefoot. in the room: Cameron

Sunday, July 4, 2010

July 4, 2010

raleigh, NC. 3.12.2010. Clay Aiken concert filmed for PBS, to be released on DVD this month. black suit, white shirt, no tie. in the room: Clay Aiken and 1500  "Clay-mates."

Saturday, July 3, 2010

July 3, 2010


central park. 3:51pm. 88º. so happy to not be at a piano. black t, shorts, Havaianas. in the room: barely anyone because it's 4th of July weekend.

Friday, July 2, 2010

July 2, 2010


ripley grier 10th floor. 6.22.10 12:29pm. playing auditions on an appropriately cream colored yamaha baby grand. in the room: just some of my heroes.

July 1, 2010


vineyard theatre. 7:50pm. 64º. at opening night of I'LL BE DAMNED. black dress shirt, jeans, chucks. in the room: nobody. in the next room: tons of very excited people.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

June 30, 2010

home. 11:59am. 68º. writing orchestrations on my couch and looking longingly back at the score I need to be practicing. obama t-shirt, homemade cutoff shorts, Havaianas. in the room: a ladybug.