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Super Storm Sandy: Volunteering at Far Rockaway

I recently took a trip to Far Rockaway to deliver supplies and food to those who lost their homes and I came back with photos and memories that blew me away. Big thanks to Nova and Malin Landeaus for providing us with clothing and food to deliver down there. Also a shout out to my [...]

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How to Push Your Piano Through NYC: An Experiment

This post is an ongoing experiment that might never end. I have been tinkering with methods and Ideas for moving my 500 pound upright piano for about a year. Below you will see the process and steps for how I ended up at my current method. Pushing a Piano throughout New York City is not [...]

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How I Traveled for 3 Weeks and Came Back $1700 Richer

This is the Second Roadtrip I took in 2011. Briefly what happened was I got a call from an Artist who I previously worked for and he needed someone to deliver his paintings down to Miami for the Art Basel Festival 2011. I had my truck available. I decided to take the job on the [...]

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Falling in Love with the Desert: The Story of Claunch

I became obsessed with this area. And while most people would look at me strange if they knew it is a vast desert of nothingness, I will still tell you that I fell in love. There is a reason why I took 3 1/2 hours to drive the 63 miles of road. Being from New York [...]

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The Day I Celebrated My Birthday With 6 Random Strangers

It was August 19th and I was in Boulder, Colorado. I fell in love with Boulder and didnt want to leave. At the same time I was a bit homesick and my birthday was coming up in 3 days. The next major town was Madison, Wisconsin which is a 1000 mile trek through the midwest! [...]

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The Craziest Day I’ve Ever Had Playing Piano in NYC

  Yesterday was one of the most amazing days I’ve ever had playing piano… September 27, 2012 I started off the day meeting up with some Film academy students at 11:30 AM. The three students were from Japan, Korea, and New Zealand, a great group of guys. One of them, named Sam, decided to use [...]

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The Woman Who Never Left Home

This story happened in 2010, before Piano Across America, on my first Solo Roadtrip to Florida from New York. I saw the sign for South of the Border while driving south on I-95 one night and decided to check it out, as everyone does once in their lives. I pulled into the Mexican restaurant parking [...]

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The Greatest Summer Festival in America: The Oregon Country Fair

It’s crazy how life works out sometimes. The day was July 4, 2011. I was driving East towards Eugene from Florence after playing piano on the Boardwalk. I happened to pass an area that I recognized with cliff diving and natural water slides. I figured to stop and check it out since it was still [...]

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The Night I Got Robbed By An Oxycontin Addict

I met this man by the name of Ehron in Albuquerque. He was very outgoing, intelligent, and great to talk to. Turns out he plays drums and a few other instruments. I immediately told him that we should jam. I set up the piano and the bucket drums from the night before (See: Dance Party [...]

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Dance Party on the Streets of Albuquerque, NM

The Day was May 30, 2011… It was a Saturday night and I wanted to play some piano on the streets of Albuquerque. Unfortunately, the bars across the street were happily blasting obnoxious Hip-hop music which would have completely drowned out my elegant piano. So I decided to try something different and bring out some [...]

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How I Traveled Across America with $2.82

After driving more than 9,300 miles in 3 1/2 months, I reached Seattle from New York City. The problem was… I spent all my money. I had 2 choices. I could start a new Kickstarter page and raise some money to get home or i can take a little risk: make some money in Seattle, fill [...]

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Mardi Gras 2012- New Orleans

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The Day a Piano Fell on my Hand (in the middle of NYC)

WARNING!– THESE PHOTOS ARE NASTY– WARNING! The Day was September 9, 2010… This was around the time I first started playing piano on the streets. It was a pleasant end of summer day and I was playing piano in front of the fountain in City Hall Park. After about an hour, 2 Cops came over [...]

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