I am an accomplished composer who first gained attention from the internet in 2009 for my song “Sunburnt Hand” - an acoustic duet that I sang with the incomparable Julia Nunes. Since then, I've written songs for NASA, CNN’s Parts Unknown, Tribune Media, and Sony Music, and have had my music licensed in over two hundred television shows and feature films.
My work with the Story Pirates inspired me to write books that will help kids be creative on their own. My first, I Am Your Songwriting Journal, is an interactive guide to turning ideas into amazing songs. To celebrate the book's release, I went on a nationwide tour to various bookstores around the country and performed in songwriting workshops with children of all ages — all while appearing nightly as Michael Wormwood in the National Tour of Matilda the Musical! (I'm still tired from this.)
My second book, Let’s Make a Movie, was released in 2018, as a sister guide to his first release. It encourages kids (or those with a youthful spirit) to write, record, and release a movie… right now.
After years of bopping around, I now live in Connecticut with my wife and two sons. I teach 6th grade humanities at Indian Mountain School. Me and my bud Quinn Mattfeld are currently working on a new musical called Hudson, about the life and death of Henry Hudson. It was recently staged as part of the 2019 Utah Shakespeare Festival.
I am managed by The Jeremy Katz company and represented by Abrams Artist, both theatrically and commercially.
