
One of the truly magical aspects of a musical life on planet earth in the 21st century is how widely one can share one’s songs if one has access to the internet.
After Bobbi Carrey, Doug Hammer and I — with lots of help from Mike Callahan, Jonathan Wyner, and guest musicians — recorded our CD “If I Loved You,” we heard from family, friends AND folks whom we had never met.
One listener included our version of the David Friedman ballad “I’ll Be Here With You” (which you can hear by clicking on the right hand sidebar of this page) on a CD she sent to her fiance who was serving in the US military overseas.
Another fan — who had been given our CD by a friend — tracked us down and told us that she listened to our music each morning while she worked out. When her husband died, she asked us to sing at his memorial service.
And I recently learned — in a reply to my blog post about music and spontaneity — that a CD of my “Will Loves Steve” show (which features songs written by people named Stephen, Steven, Stevie or Steve) had traveled from Massachusetts to Argentina, where it helped lift the spirits of someone who was feeling very low.
Here’s a selection from that show — “Overjoyed by Stevie Wonder…
The pianist is Doug Hammer, and the horn player is Mike Callahan.
I am curious to see how my musical endeavors may continue to ripple around the planet thanks to the internet.
Deep breath in.
Deep breath out.
Ahh, music!
ps: Since I wrote this blog post almost 12 years ago, I have begun distributing music to various streaming platforms.
You can click here for a streaming link to my version of Overjoyed” in case you might like to add it to a playlist and/or “like” it on Pandora, Spotify, Apple Music, etc.
Thank you for reading, listening and maybe even leaving a comment!


What fun! Congratulations on your wide-spreading “fame.” 🙂
Deeper congratulations on connecting, through your music, with people all around the planet.
This blog is a modest and yet very satisfying way to share my musical heart with others. THANKS for taking the time to leave an enthusiastic and supportive comment.
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