Dave Schlossberg is an award-winning, pianist and composer, a member of numerous musical groups in New Jersey-, focusing on Jewish folk, music and jazz, a musical director for the music theater program of teen arts of Middlesex County in New Jersey, and offers a wide variety of services, including composition, arrangement, transcription, and virtual choir production. He travels around the country doing artist in residences performances of his compelling program called " Facing The Music "- the story of his journey through spinal cord injury. Our conversation focuses on how he was able to deal and reframe his accident and disability into rebirth , empowerment and inspired personal growth and purpose . Hear the details of the accident, his rehabilitation period , his challenges with acceptance and faith , and how he was gradually able to reframe loss and weakness into hidden strengths and opportunities for growth . His thoughts on forgiveness, Faith, his healing Music life are all here to show how he turned tragedy into a more positive state of mind , resulting in love , forgiveness, musical achievement, and inspiration. He now offers presentations of his reflections to inspire others . His strength and insight is totally uplifting- And we had a conversation I will never forget.

It's hard to figure out James Houston but I did the best I could . James is definitely a character, on and off stage..... excelling in Comedy and Drama, and creating memorable eccentric performances for many years . He also has a wild sense of humor, which is very contagious . Between random remarks , which I admit to be guilty of , we get to learn a little about his early years, his tough times and his triumphs , his higher power , his theatrical life , and his advice for me which I probably won't follow .

Scott and Brian Bricklin have given their fans and me a huge gift - a great second album with 10 exquisite songs - 40 years after their first record " Bricklin " was released . Though they have never stopped making music in different capacities and projects , this is the first time in 27 years since they recorded together. Their last collaboration was " Martin's Dam "- they recorded 2 great records called " The Healing " and " The Sky Above ". Bricklin 2 follows the release of their great anthology that came out in 2024. Which featured a huge amount of unreleased songs from their various bands. This set the stage for the making of a brand new album of new material . Hear how this album came to be, what it was like recording it., the joy and the difficulty of creating it, and we get to hear a lot of insightful information about the songs themselves.

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