Learning and growing. It's a good feeling, man.

Hey there's a NEW VIDEO here today.

I tell you, after Tuesday's update... I can tell you that it's good feeling to know that I can also learn from the attitudes and reactions of others. It's important for me to recognize those dark characteristics in myself when I get angry. I hope to be a better man. It's just about Awareness and Growth. I hope I never stop questioning and growing.

I have to seek to understand rather than be understood.

Because sometimes I get sucked into a pointless debate that is irrelevant and unproductive. And because some people will never understand... their fear and anger is so, so subtle... but so, so powerful.

Here's a little follow-up to yesterday's little "Hate David Festival". It might be interesting reading. It might not be.

BUT KNOW THIS... in the next few days I will post as many of the positive, supportive, and affirming emails I've received from so many dozens and dozens of people who actually "get it".

There are way too many to post all of them. So, I'll try to give you a really good sample. 9 out of 10 people in my audience "get it".

But still, I had to write this follow-up...

THE FOLLOW-UP TO THE SONG

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ANYWAY!!!!!

Welcome to the website! Everyone in different parts of the country and different parts of the the world.

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And here in New York City... I'm so pumped to put a guitar on my shoulder and head to Central Park again this coming Saturday. It's Labor Day Weekend, so if you're one of those people who likes to stay in town on a long holiday weekend and really, really kick back and relax... I hope i see you out at "The Hill". I have a little tradition on holiday weekends that is just a kick, and you can be a part of it!

Seriously. If you're gonna be in New York City this weekend, plan on coming out to Central Park to hang with me. We're still goin' strong out there at this time of year... laughin' and singin' and sharing really good, good times in the middle of the most remarkable city on earth.

Here's a little photo gallery


Click to visit this year's gallery

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NEW VIDEO

HERE'S A MOMENT FROM OUR LAST SATURDAY AT "THE HILL".

Click on the image to watch the video

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Very cool.

Man! I love the people in my life and the artists I get to work with!

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Moving on.

Now generally, this site is about Life, and Love, and Laughter and above all... music.

But last week I wrote 2 updates that address this genuinely embarrassing circumstance about that cultural center which is planned to be built in downtown Manhattan. I had a lunch meeting with a brilliant songwriter and good friend of mine named George Wurzbach, and as we were discussing the matter, I was using words like "insane" and "fear-driven" and "narrow-minded" and "shallow". But he used the word "embarrassing" and he's right. As an American citizen and as a sentient human being.... the opposition to the that cultural center being built on Park Place is... embarrassing.

You might wanna check out my original thoughts by hitting this link. I received an awful lot of email in response to both updates. Most of the people who dig my music are people who just "get it".

But the written word didn't seem enough for me as an artist. So in the last couple of days, I buried myself "in the cave" and wrote a new song.

You can watch it by clicking on this image.

CLICK TO WATCH THE VIDEO

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There are lots of FUN videos, lots of FREE songs to download... and that's another reason to browse The Archive.
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Like this song and video has now been viewed by over a quarter of a million people.

(Must struck a chord inside a few people.)

If you haven't seen it yet...

Click to watch the video of the new facebook song

Pass it on to all you friends. Post in anywhere you want!

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Right now and for anyone who's new at the site, the newest song that's makin' the rounds on the internet is my new song about the upcoming final installments of the Harry Potter series of movies. It's a song about the character, Hermione Granger.

Here... click on the image to check out the song and watch the video.

Click to watch the video

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Now one more thing about that song!

IT IS AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO DOWNLOAD!!!

I'm serious!

Now you can download the song itself, and walk around with it in your ipod or mp3 player and sing it to yourself on the bus, in the subway, in the car... while you're on facebook.

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Okay, here are a couple of different galleries.

Here...

CLICK ON THIS PHOTO TO VISIT
A LITTLE PHOTO GALLERY
FROM SUMMER 2009

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I'll be back tomorrow with another update.

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Thanks for everything.

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PEACE