Monument City (5:20)
Sunday Stroll (2:29)
Woman in the Park (4:28)
Our Apartment (3:30)
Christmas Morning (1:50)
Rain (2:08)
Flight of the Bluebird (7:41)
Sunset River (1:37)
Balcony in the Stars (3;10)
Rooftop Dreamer (7:49)
Grand Central (3:10)
Runtime: 43:13
Liner Notes
As Greg wrote Monument City, he pictured the sunrise through skyscrapers and bridges along the East River.
Sunday Stroll came from a love of days with no plans or pressures. A day of meandering and discovering.
Woman in the Park arose from a playful melody Greg happened upon. He kept trying to keep it on course but the music carried him to some place grand and at times, tender.
Our Apartment was discovered while Greg looked out at the garden of a new apartment he moved in to.
Time advances to Christmas Morning and the discovery of a room full of presents in an imaginary penthouse.
Greg wrote Rain at a vacant piano in a dance studio on the second floor of Tisch School of the Arts. As the rain fell, he noticed how it slowed things down, creating a sleepy peace across the city.
In , the music takes on the point of view of a bluebird perched in a tree. He takes flight and soars high over Manhattan, then dives into a courtyard and look in on various inhabitants before returning to the sky.
Sunset River refers to Riverside Park and the golden light on the avenue as the sun goes down on the Hudson.
As Greg’s fingers found Balcony in the Stars, he imagined an empty ballroom in the moonlight.
Rooftop Dreamer is about a man on a roof after sundown who looks off at the promise of a thousand glittering dreams.
Grand Central is plucked from the scene of a movie Greg is creating that takes place in this wonder city. It echoes the rhythmic tramp of footfalls crossing the great room and is a metaphor for the intoxicating city at large.