Last week I promised to upload a brand new song. This song was written a week and a half ago. The demo was recorded yesterday. A very dear friend recently turned me on to an amazing book: Michael Rosen’s Sad Book. It’s a children’s book about grief that centers on the death of Rosen’s son [...]

Adam is very excited to announce that he has been invited to perform at the 6th annual Jarasum International Jazz Festival (October 1 – 3, 2011)!! Held on the beautiful Jaraseom Island in Gapyeong, Jarasum is a large-scale jazz festival that attracts over 100,000 visitors every year. This year, about 50 bands from all around [...]

This is a live recording taken from a show I played recently in Tokyo, Japan.  The studio version of this song can be found on my second EP, Good Times Were Had By All.  It was one of the first songs I wrote after moving to New York City.  I had just begun a brand [...]

Tyler Durden once said, “How much can you know about yourself, you’ve never been in a fight? I don’t wanna die without any scars. So come on; hit me before I lose my nerve.” Most of my songs come from personal experience. This one does not. Or does it? The story goes like this: A [...]

I don’t really have a whole lot to say about this song that’s not said in my introduction on the track.  I refer to this song on the track as being “brand new”, as I just recorded it this past spring for one of the 4 EP releases coming over the next year.  However, I [...]

So, this song has a few themes.  The verses deal with insecurities.  The first verse finds the protagonist wondering if he could ever be enough for the girl he loves – even to the point of building her a mountain.  The second verse finds the protagonist lamenting being stuck in what seems like a slow-motion [...]

From November 2004 through February 2006, I recorded with my buddies Ira, Chris, and Ryan under the name Losing Summer.  In 16 short months, we recorded and released 5 EPs and an additional 18 Weekly Downloads, for a grand total of 46 songs.  Some of those songs are still staples in my live shows (The [...]

I just arrived home from 2.5 weeks of shows in Asia, and so I thought that Home might be an appropriate song choice.  It’s a very simple song about losing yourself when you’re away for long periods of time – which seems to be a reoccurring theme for me (Nothing Like Being Alone, Country Clare, [...]

I wrote this song exactly 10 years ago.  It was summer, and I was taking some art classes in Charleston, SC.  There was this really cute girl in one of my classes, and one day after a lecture, she started to chat me up.  So, we were walking to our cars, talking about who knows [...]

I don’t really feel like much needs to be said about this song.  It kind of speaks for itself.  The lyrics depict a conversation that flows back and forth from what I said in my head to what was actually said to me years ago on a summer night across the street from Cooper Square. [...]

This song is a fairytale.  But not the happy kind (surprise!).  It goes like this:   A boy and girl were very much in love.  But the boy had dreams that took him far, far away – making it nearly impossible for the two of them to remain together.  And so they didn’t.  The boy [...]

We are very excited to announce an additional show in Japan, as well as Adam’s first show in South Korea!! 7/9 – Hatagaya – ３６°５ 7/13 – Seoul – Club Freebird

This weekend I leave to go play some shows in Japan for the next couple of weeks.  In light of the devastation that they have seen over the past several months, I thought I’d like to try to do a few things to raise some money for Red Cross relief efforts there.  All profits from [...]

Adam is excited to announce new tour dates in Japan! He will be performing in the country for the first time this summer in support of his latest release – The Room Is Spinning Faster.  Following are confirmed dates (more to come soon): 7/8 – Shibuya – The Pink Cow 7/12 – Tokyo – SHINJUKU [...]

Probably very few of you would be surprised to find that I am not the world’s best communicator.  I can be so starkly honest in songs, but somehow I am incapable of saying what I mean in real life.  This song is submitted as Exhibit #1.  A very dear friend of mine was getting married. [...]

I wrote Three Days in the summer of 2004, although it feels much, much older than that to me – probably because I’ve played it a bazillion times at shows over the years.  This is one of those rare times where I remember EXACTLY where I was when I wrote a song.  I was as at [...]

This song was written over 13 years ago.  I remember being upstairs and playing a song on my granny’s upright Baldwin (she had since passed and given the piano to my mother).  A lot of the bass keys no longer worked, which was probably my fault (I really liked to hit those keys hard).  The [...]

People sometimes ask me why I write so many sad songs – as if that’s a bad thing.  Well, on occasion (twice in 14 years), I do try to write happy, upbeat songs.  They tend to either come out sounding cheesy, or come out still sounding unbelievably sad.  For the next two weeks, I’m going [...]

There are definitely people you aren’t meant to be with.  Problem is, those people are always intriguing – for that very reason.  It’s like playing with fire – you know it’s a bad idea, but there’s something irresistible about it.  And often that intrigue will gloss over all of the bad aspects that everyone else [...]

In the fall of 2007, I spent some time in Ireland, writing songs for a new record, which was released a year and a half later as I Have Never Been Fond Of Falling From Heights (Swan Dive Into The Atlantic).  The album chronicles (though not in chronological order) my experiences during that time.  Too [...]