Scenes From Fatherhood

A lot of what I do is trying to live up to the promise of my father, my brother, and my best musical friend in my teens Mark Van Horn, who also died young of a brain tumor like my brother. I don’t know why I’m around and they’re not. But I do know that I’m gonna make it count, and I’m gonna do it partly in their honor. They’d be doing it with me. I’m doing it without them. I’ve always felt slightly alone without them. But I’m doing it. And I’ve created an amazing — amazing — family of my own with a brilliant wife and two brilliant daughters.

It’s time because I’ve released a lot of Doctor Noize material I’m deeply proud of, and I am at an inflection point in my career where I’ve decided I’m going to tilt the balance of what I do more toward adults as Cory Cullinan than kids as Doctor Noize. I’ll still be playing shows and releasing (less) music as Doctor Noize. But I’ll be doing even more releasing music as Cory Cullinan for adults, teaching Recording Arts at Stanford in the summers, serving as Chair of the Board or the recording program at Pikes Peak State College, writing a book, releasing a mystery musical pretty soon, and taking more time to learn and listen again.