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Here is the documentation of my body of work spanning the years 1973 to 2007. It represents a variety of professions which is a hallmark of my craft; one I revere and honor to the point of pride in its legacy. Renaissance Man or Jack-of-all-Trades*; you decide.

While my primary craft is Stagecraft, the broad category for what I do is Information Presentation. Besides the internet, my influence can be found on stages, in books, on television, in film soundtracks, on multi-media disks, in storefronts, on sidewalks, in museums, in libraries, in memories and in the radio waves leaving the earth; due largely to the combined influence of all those many collaborators found along the way and the simple fact that there was still an audience for intimate theater.

It's a decidedly collaborative field in all its many forms making it possible to enter the field from one direction, become acquainted with the mediums and methods of other collaborators and, almost incidentally, become intimate with and productive wielding an evolving set of new tools and practices bringing, besides their own reward, insight into the profession one started with.

If it is to be so, I would be satisfied if this site united others as a node in an appreciation of not me in particular but both those who provided me the opportunity to work with them as well as the traditions of the many crafts that made it possible in the first place.


My Life as a Chart


Since 1973, for the stage, I have been, at various times:

  • Sound Designer
  • Video Designer
  • Set Designer
  • Visual Effects Designer
  • Composer
  • Musician
  • Writer
  • Puppeteer
  • Stage Manager
  • House Manager
  • Box Office Manager

  • Producer
  • Sound Engineer
  • Sound Operator
  • Lighting Operator
  • Electrician
  • Fabricator
  • Dancer
  • Actor
  • Grip
  • Usher
  • Audience

Since 1974, my musical experiences have included:

  • Composing for theater
  • Composing for live bands
  • Composing for an animated band
  • Mixing for international theater
  • Live audio engineering
  • Studio recording engineering

  • Playing guitars, etc.
  • Playing keyboards
  • Playing winds
  • Singing
  • Manipulating tape
  • Mixing for national radio

Since 1988, my work for museums includes:

  • Operating a multi-purpose theater
  • Staging dozens of science lecture/demonstrations
  • Staging dozens of artist lecture/demonstrations
  • Projecting hundreds of film programs

Since 1991, my work in animation has included:

  • Pioneering 4D stereoscopy
  • Producing a virtual band
  • Character design
  • Character fabricating
  • Set design
  • Set building
  • Hand drawn animating
  • Stop motion animating
  • CG animating
  • Avatar animation for MMO-RPG

Since 1994, my work on the internet has included:

  • Pioneering music delivery and multimedia content via the web
  • Creating the first stereoscopic website
  • Designing websites for various artists
  • Designing websites for theater companies
  • Designing websites for a television program
  • Designing and maintaining websites for a financial institution
  • Designing and maintaining websites for small businesses

Since 1994, my graphic work has included:

  • Designing and producing the branding and merchandising of a band
  • Designing and producing the branding and merchandising of a theater
  • Designing and producing the branding and merchandising of a digital media company

Since 1995, digital multimedia I have authored includes:

  • a multi-media floppy disk to commemorate the UN 50th anniversary
  • an Enhanced CD/CD+ (Blue Book) product for an interdisciplinary artist

Since 2002, writings I have published include:

  • Tutorials on songwriting
  • Tutorials on software
  • Tutorials on stereoscopy
  • Essays on politics
  • Essays on economics
  • Poetry

* "Renaissance Man" and (less commonly) Homo Universalis are related terms to describe a person who is well educated, or who excels, in a wide variety of subjects or fields. "Jack-of-all-trades" has become a cliché and often used as an insult in its current form, which is only half of the quote. The full quote, "Jack of all trades, master of none, though ofttimes better than master of one", is actually a compliment to someone who can adapt to most situations.