Well today has been quite a day. I couldn't sleep last night, so at 12:30 am, I got out of bed and went to my music room. I decided to begin working on some instrumental tracks for the  musical I'm playing for . This way, the cast will have a feel for what a full band will sound like, rather than just the piano they're dealing with now.  Fifteen hours later, I looked up from the computer and realized, it's 3 in the afternoon and I'm hungry. I was so focused, that I hadn't noticed the day is nearly gone. I recorded 13 instrumental tracks for the musical "Touch," to be performed this February at the 13th Street Repertory Company in New York City.   I decided to record my own voice on one of the shorter tracks so you all could hear what I've been working so diligently on. This is not an original song of mine, nor am I a member of the performing cast. I'm only helping with the music.  And now that my tasks are complete, I can relax for a few hou...

There are a million things in life that we feel like we have to do, or should do. It is the people that have the ability to ignore that nagging voice, that potentially break barriers, create change, or have a great impact on others. There is a woman named Edith who lives in an upstairs apartment from the small, New York City theatre she has owned and run since 1972. She is 94 years old. I am currently playing the piano for a play in this theatre, Touch the musical, and attend rehearsals a few times a week. Yesterday, I arrived early to find that Edith and I had the place to ourselves. She was huddled near an automatic heater with a blanket over her. "Is that Elizabeth?" she asked. I smiled and greeted her, then sat down and waited for the others to arrive. We soon fell into easy conversation and as I began asking her questions, I became more and more enthralled with the life she's led. Her family has lived a life of music and show business and I was struck to lea...