I believe in Wordsworth’s notion that the best poetry / writing comes as a result of the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings… recollected in tranquility.” I didn’t have a lot of “tranquility” back then and worked out a lot of those powerful feelings on the stage. Check out the old music website for a sense of who Abe was in the ‘00s.

My love of music and song was in me from the start and continues forever. And I’ve come around to the idea of being proud of my evolution as a writer and artist - which includes being a DIY / lo-fi / heart-on-my-sleeve singer, songwriter, musician.

(The last time I performed on stage was October 12, 2014. At my wedding. Am I aching to do it again? Yes and no. I can still hit the high notes, though. At least with a karaoke track!)

I’ve highlighted a few representative song samples below. I recorded all of these in my bedroom studio in my twenties, when I was figuring out who I wanted to be - and how I was going to get there.

And I’m still figuring it all out.