Archive | November, 2010

Music To Obsess By

Music To Obsess By

If there’s a recurring theme in my filmmaking, it’s that my name tends to appear repeatedly in the credits. This, I assure you, has less to do with hubris than pragmatism. After all, not only do I come at a considerable discount (to myself), I do good work. Among my many duties on the short [...]

I’m Eric Donald (2005)

My pal Eric Donald, that esteemed comedy writer/crooner/poker shark/future celebrity, asked me to help him make an audition tape for a poker cruise reality show. Before I could agree to it, he’d shown up to my house –and I use the phrase “shown up” liberally, considering he had already been sleeping on my sofa for [...]

The Spenglers

The Spenglers

Finger Music was kind enough to give me a shot at this campaign for Sky TV, which features 8-foot-tall blue monsters voiced by John Goodman & Holly Hunter. Being that the order of the day was for a 60s girl group sound, I turned to the ultra-versatile Karissa Noel who performed the vocal tracks using [...]

Mad Men & Me

Mad Men & Me

I’ve had a handful of great experiences working with Dave Carbonara (composer) and Matt Weiner (creator) – badasses both – on what is pretty much the best show on television. My first session with them was for the first season, singing the episode’s title song, “Babylon,” with Michael Duff and Marco Aiello. My second session [...]

It Starts With Feet (2002)

Having a creative sibling is a beautiful thing. My brother Martin spent the night at my house one night, and rather than sit around watching movies that he’d fall asleep to, we thought we’d see if we could write and shoot something before he left the next afternoon. What resulted was this lively little bit [...]

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