Merry Christmas, everyone! Happy holidays!

You know what I would like for Christmas this year? For you to listen to my 2025 album of songs, “Melody”!

Click here to stream on Bandcamp.

Here’s the track list:

Melody

I wanted to write Tracie a yacht rock, slow burn song, and so I did! Music and making love feel like the same thing when I’m with her. “Italian mandolins or Paul McCartney songs/just can’t compete.” I love her so much.

Stuck in a Hotel Room in Dallas

I wrote this, yes, you guessed it, when I was stuck in a hotel room in Dallas on the road for work this summer. We knew my mom would be dying soon. But we didn’t know how soon. My vocals on country songs suck but this one meant so much to me. Still does.

Under the Christmas Tree

“No need to invent/a new ornament.” My 2025 Christmas song! I write one every year. Our tree has ornaments dating back to the girls’ pre-school years. We love it so much and it’s one of our favorite family traditions.

Ballad of Rusty and Paco

This one is for our dogs, Rusty aka RooRoo and Paco. There’s not a day when their joy doesn’t lift me up (I’m a “dog person”). I wanted to capture how much fun it is to share our lives with them so I wrote them a “Rocky Raccoon” song.

Land of Aggressive Driving

This song was born out of self-challenge: I promised the girls I would write them a song about the “land of aggressive driving,” in other words, Houston, a city we love but also a megalopolis where the driving can be insane. As the singer (me) says, just use “the Nancy Reagan defense,” just say “no” to aggressive driving!

Aiutami a farti ritrovare

My old bromance Giovanni Arcari gets a song-writing credit on this one. I heard him utter that line one night in a pinseria (similar to a pizzeria) in his hometown. He was trying to convince a woman to give him her phone number. She didn’t. He said to her (in Italian), I’ll look for you, but help me be able to find you. Sounds better in Italian! I wrote it for him for his 50th birthday.

Merry Christmas! Thanks for listening!