How to be a Millionaire - - That, ladies and gentlemen, is the name of my just completed 10-song CD. Give a listen to the twisted Americana on myspace/hughhart and get all the details at hughhart.com/millionaire.

Code, my musical in search of a book-writer, brings to mind "Captain Marbles and His Acting Squad." Back in Chicago, I wrote a few songs for the children's musical which was staged at St. Nicholas Theater, founded by David Mamet.

I next formed the rock band Wedge. SlipDisc Records released our debut album to substantial college radio play and rave reviews.

Then I recorded my first solo album Work Songs. The 11 tracks feature some of Chicago's most passionate musicians and was produced at Rax Trax Studios.

Along the way I've worked with some exceptional collaborators. They include Russian emigre Alex Kharlamov, a gifted composer and engineer who mixed and mastered How To Be a Millionaire at his Sherman Oaks home studio; Tony-winning composer Rokko Jans, who scored House of Games and Winslow Boy; Nashville singer-songwriter Doug Hoekstra and soulful Suzanne Palmer, featured vocalist on a bunch of top ten Billboard dance hits.