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If you’ve heard of Walter Williams, you know that he’s without a doubt is one of America’s most provocative thinkers. He is black, but opposes affirmative action. He believes that the Civil Rights Act was a major error, and that the minimum wage actually creates unemployment. Love him or hate him – he’s pretty hard to ignore.
PBS is premiering a new film about Walter Williams, called “Suffer No Fools” (check your local listings for air times). I was pleased to compose the music score for […]

If you’re like me, every time you travel on a plane, you get the urge to take out the ol’ saxaphone and play… 😉 At least that’s the tongue-in-cheek idea behind a new TV spot for Emirates Airlines.

Recently, I was asked to compose music for a few Emirates tv commercials, including one featuring a sax player traveling on the airline. The clever spot tempts the viewer with the luxuries of first-class travel on Emirates, where (I assume) the flight attendant allows you to play whatever musical instrument you just happen to have brought along. The commercial was […]

I wasn’t planning on posting again so soon, but I thought you might like to know that “Birth of A Colony” is premiering this coming Monday on PBS at 9 pm (check your local listings). The 90-minute film takes an amazingly frank look at the interaction between the European colonists and the Native Americans in North Carolina during the earliest days of colonization.

I have to say – this was an incredibly fun film to compose the music for, because (among other things) it gave me a chance […]