About Me
Began studying 'cello at age 8, continuing through college.Studied Theory and Composition, and Electronic Music at Northern Illinois
University from 1974-77.Joined I.R.S. Records recording artist Wazmo Nariz in 1978 as keyboardist,
which toured the United States and Europe both as headliner, and in
support of such groups as The Police, Devo, XTC and the B-52s. The band
was dissolved in 1981.Relocated from the Chicago area in 1983 to Los Angeles. Working with
Larry Grennan a.k.a. Wazmo Nariz, played keyboards on, an arranged
"Yahoo EEEE!" and "Kramtorn Avenges the Puttbundles", both composed
by Mr. Grennan, and appearing in the Jonathan Demme films "Something
Wild" (1986) and "Married To The Mob" (1988) respectively. "Yahoo EEEE"
was released as a 12" single on Big Time Records in 1986.In 1993, composed music for Super Illusion, which toured 11 cities
throughout Japan with the Bolshoi Circus from Moscow, Russia. Before
traveling to Belarus and Russia later that year, composed music for
Horror Illusion, which played at the Holiday Spa Health Resort in Japan
and featured magician Greg Wilson.Played keyboards on the Stan Ridgway song "Right Through You" from the
album "Partyball" (Geffen Records, 1991).In 1994, composed music for magician Franz Harary's segment of the NBC
special The Worlds Greatest Magic, which aired November 23 of that
year. Composed music for Mr. Harary's live performances.In 1995, began to pursue visual art (painting and multimedia). By 1997 I
began to assemble a video editing/graphics/animation home studio, and
created Blank Stare Productions with Jim Piper. Blank Stare created the 3D
Animation Long Ago Down Below which, in 1998, showed at the CSUN
Animation Festival, and won the Bronze Award at Worldfest Houston. In
1999, Blank Stare created motion graphics for the film Three Strikes.In 2003, returned to electronic music composition, collaborating with wife,
Mona Jean Cedar (PAS d'ASL) to create Burning Bird, which was
performed at the 2003 Burning Man Festival.In 2004, began the first of several collaborations with choreographer Rudy
Perez. The first of these was Double Play, performed October 9, 2004 as
part of the Tender Land: Pasadena Festival of Art, History, Music and
Science in Pasadena, CA. The next was Double Play Revisited, performed
at the REDCAT Theater in the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex in
downtown Los Angeles, as part of the NOW Festival. This was followed by
I Like A View, But I Like To Sit With My Back To It, performed at Highways
Performance Space September 15th& 17th, 2005, as part of the Latino New
Works Festival.In 2004, joined the band Zef Renirhs. Performed at Bent 2005, the 2nd
Annual circuit bending festival, held in New York City.In 2005, performed in the first "Circuit Bending Orchestra" at the Fusion
Arts Museum as part of the HOWL Festival in New York City.Performed at Bent 2006 with the Circuit Bending Orchestra.On July 18, 2006, performed on keyboards with Wall of Voodoo at the Pacific Amphitheater in Costa Mesa, CA, opening for Cyndi Lauper. Currently playing with Skyline Electric in Los Angeles.
