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1 Lay Down In The Dark

  When Johan Anderson, who directed this video series, and I started talking about making the whole thing we realized we had a common interest in the work of the Swedish film maker Ingmar Bergman. The themes of these songs lent themselves towards a Scandinavian...

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2 Dead Man In The Closet

  "Dead Man in the Closet" was the first video we shot in this 4 part video series. Johan Anderson and Brad Simpson located a bar near Brads hometown: Hightstown. I felt good about this typical New Jersey drive through town, as it was smack in the middle of a...

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3 Crows on the wire

  No matter how good your relationships are with people around you, you will eventually hit some rough waters. When that moment arise, often when least expected, you will battle your own feelings, your memories, your own intellectual analytical powers and finally...

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4 Alabaster Jar

    From the very first song I wrote at the age of 11, the theme of dying has been with me. I am not scared of death. It really is a second birth. Do you believe in life after birth? That is the question. The end of this life, which is inevitable, creates a...

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Gear Talk Gibson J-45

GEAR TALK - Gibson J-45 What does Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Jeff Tweedy, Elvis Costello, Jeff Bridges, New Jersey's own Bruce Springsteen and yours truly all have in common? The answers is simple and self evident: Gibson J-45 It is not by accident....

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Gear talk Epiphone Riviera

GEAR TALK - Epiphone Riviera CH Boy, I love this guitar!     And so might you. Why, you might askā€¦ Well, first of all, just look at it. It looks stunning. And as we all know: looks are everything! But there are a few more things I'd like to point out.  ...

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How to survive as a dad in the music indusrty

How to survive as a dad in the Music Industry So many of my friends and acquaintances in the music industry will confirm the challenging position of being a parent and a full time artist at the same time.   They seem like an oxymoron. Fatherhood and an artist...

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