Code, my musical in search of a book writer, in 2005. It's a return to my early days as a composer in Chicago, where I contributed songs for "Captain Marbles and His Acting Squad." The children's musical was staged at St. Nicholas Theater, founded by David Mamet, and it's there that I made my stage debut as a harmonica-playing magician in "When You Wish Upon a Cookie," co-written by William H. Macy and directed by Robert Falls.

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 you may want to check out. They include Russian emigre Alex Kharlamov, a composer and engineer who recorded Code at his Sherman Oaks home studio;
Jans, who scored films like House of Games and Winslow Boy; Nashville singer-songwriter Doug Hoekstra; soulful Suzanne Palmer, featured vocalist on a bunch of top ten Billboard dance hits; and Willy Tebbetts, who's written songs with Alanis Morissette producer Glen Ballard.