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1. The Treehouse
You awaken to flutters of sunlight over your eyes.
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26. Touring the Cloud Bazaar (Part 1)
You hand your ticket to the clerk wearing a puffy white hat.
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25. Before the Tower of the Moon
Leaves murmur in the wind as you walk out of the village center.
24. An Ancient Railway, Resting
Your stride lengthens as the shadows recede. Glimmers of dawn through the easterly trees. Crossing the ravine on elevated tracks was … how long ago?
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23. Into the Scribe’s Office
You follow a black-robed figure down a long, sunlit walkway.
We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness 💌
Albums
🎇 Travel Poems . Chapter 3 . There is no path back
2024, 36 mins
The Awakening (Live)
2023, 70 mins
Travel Poems . Chapter 2 . The night sea
2022, 33 mins
Lullabies of the Pleiades
2021, 17 mins
Travel Poems . Chapter 1 . Secret towns
2020, 31 mins
Music Videos + Live
Open Studio (Proof of Play)
Daily work-in-progress, 150+ entries
Live Piano Tributes
Astor Piazzolla, Soundgarden, Count Basie, Monk/Chopin mashup
Foot of the Carpathians
Photo Roman, 6 mins
Music Postcards
Short stories with photos, words
Periscope Forest
Piano Trio at Dougass Recording, 6 mins
Interviews
PRI’s “The World"
On-air premiere, 3 mins
JAZZIZ Magazine
Q&A Exclusive
For a Living (with Daniel Lazar)
Longform, 100 mins
Merch
Travel Poems 3-CD Boxset
Shipping worldwide, limited edition of 200

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22. An Old Cathedral Under the Stars
You awaken to a view of the Milky Way framed by crumbled stone walls.
21. Lost in the Floating Jungle
Your hoverpod lurches — reading your hesitation before you — then slows to a gentle whir.
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20. Along the Wildflower Parade
Your float completes its swivel onto a broad avenue, throngs teeming on both sides. Multi-colored tufts of smoke mingle in mid-air — clouds of curlicues…
19. In the Desert, Curious
You receive a raindrop. Your quick reflexes glance upward to double-check the letter’s origins, well before the postmark dries. There’s only cloudless…
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18. Hanging from Sunroot Vines
You find yourself tangled in monster-sized plants almost right-side-up.
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17. Valley of the Fireflies
An illuminated road stretches into the distance.
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16. Under the Peregrine’s Wing
The rain’s rush has eased into a moderate staccato, sounding now like the convivial pecking of birds at a tweet-and-greet. You stand at a bus stop…
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15. The Carriage of Light
Mountain fog rises from kneeling position, unveiling a treachery of storm clouds canoodled around you.
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Campfire Sparks
Campfire Sparks
Evergreen music-imagination adventures — plus scenes from life as a touring/recording artist — flown to your postbox pronto 🌮
Recommendations
The Junction
The Junction
Daniel Lazar
The Honest Broker
The Honest Broker
Ted Gioia
Minor Fossil
Minor Fossil
Minor Fossil
Washed Memoir in Real Time
Washed Memoir in Real Time
Miter
Necessary Monsters
Necessary Monsters
Robert Walrod
The air is made of music 💌
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