There’s a vivid memory that always pops into my head whenever I think about how much music has influenced my life. I was in elementary school and had dug out a toy piano from when I was a toddler. I fiddled around with it and taught myself how to play some basic
Welp it’s that time of year again. The weather is warm, the birds are chirping, and the dads are getting restless from being stuck indoors for the last several months. That’s right, it’s Father’s Day, every wife’s panic season. And for good reason, guys are hard to buy for; I know I
For my entire life, if you asked me what my favorite food is, I would emphatically exclaim “CEREAL!” I just love the crunch, the milk, the sweetness, and, most importantly, how easy it is to throw a bowl together. I will argue up and down that there is not a better combination
In the fast and wild world of child-rearing, you have to constantly be on your toes. Those little guys are changing faster than you realize. As soon as Charlie gets into a rhythm, he’s on his way out of it. And then they start crawling…and walking…and then it’s all over. Luckily, there
In 2017 when the Nintendo Switch launched, I was in a very different place in my life. My son Fox had just turned 2 years old, we were living on an extremely tight budget in Los Angeles, and free time was essentially nonexistent. I had my Xbox One from before Fox’s birth,
I was 7 the first time I got frustrated in class because I was having trouble seeing the whiteboard from most areas of the room. I didn’t realize that my eyes were worse than the other kids because I had nothing to reference – I had assumed that it must have been
It’s pretty remarkable watching my boy’s mind grow and grow over the years. Fox has been extremely interested in words and reading for the last several weeks now. He plays a couple video games and watches videos and has started trying to sound out words and guess what they are. We jumped
The story of how my wife and I met is a funky one. I was in a band, living in San Diego, and she was a waitress living in Buffalo. The first time I saw her was in Virginia Beach, and I didn’t say a word to her. But she left an
Do you have a kid with FOMO (fear of missing out)? Well so do we. Anyone that has ever met Fox knows that he is a force of intense energy, a bundle of giggles and exhaustingly packed full of stamina. He is always the focus of attention (by design) and has an
Ever since moving to New York and having our second son, I’ve taken a much more… mature outlook on life. I’ve made a lot of tough decisions that I probably wouldn’t have had the courage to make in years past, and my priorities have finally gotten to an order that I can
There are a handful of experiences growing up that I will never forget and always get nostalgic over. Afternoons in our cul-de-sac growing up playing baseball, Christmas mornings and spending all day experiencing my new toys and games, and of course, birthday parties at Chuck E. Cheese. The games, the pizza, the
From the moment I received my driver’s license on my 16th birthday, I’ve been on the move. Whether it moving out-of-state for college, taking road trips with friends or traveling overseas with family, I was constantly on the go. And that was before I started my career as a full-time touring musician
