I started writing songs in my teens as lead singer for a couple of underground NYC rock bands - "The Bay of Pigs" and "Big Food."  Practicality overcame my psyche so I went to law school, became a lawyer etc.  Without the benefit of a band to back up my rock songwriting, I went through years of writing mid-tempo pop which never seemed to have its finger on the pulse of whatever was happening at the time.  Eventually, I started to listen to a lot of Sinatra and Bennett and was won over by the richness and sensibility of the classic American songbook.  I thought it a worthwhile goal to try to emulate that style of music even if it does not reflect contemporary taste.            I live in central New Jersey with my beautiful wife Joan.  My son Sean designed  the website and my daughter Erin took the homepage picture.