This was the moment I had been waiting for: a childhood dream fulfilled. After two years of steady but intermittent progress in the studio, this week I finally had the tangible evidence of my hard work in my hands. This was indeed a very exciting day for all of us in the Reiman household. My daughter and I arrived home from her doctor's appointment to find seven boxes of North Maple Road CDs on my front porch. Thanks to her and my son, I managed to get this moment captured on

One of the questions I receive most often when people hear that I've recorded an album is, "where do you find the time?" Fair question. With a full-time job, a long commute and a family, it can be a tough balancing act. I guess the answer is that I didn't really have a choice. I've been writing songs for the piano ever since I was a teenager, and new ideas keep coming into my head all the time. In the video below, I discuss the many muses that have been the source for new mel

I just returned from two weeks in Toronto where I finally had the chance to wrap up the edits on North Maple Road. Michael Haas at Inception Sound Studios and I have been working on this project for about two years, and these past two weeks have really felt like everything is coming together. (Fortunately, my daughter was with me and was able to snap a photo of Michael and me after our final editing session - at least for this first album.) I have spent hours in this very roo

The final edits to the album are still in progress, but at least the cover design is finalized! In this video, I discuss some of the regional roots of my music, the images I'm trying to convey and why I chose artwork by the incredibly talented Vermont printmaker, Sabra Field, to appear on the cover. I was born in Vermont, and, although I haven't lived there in a long time, I have always felt a strong gravitational pull to my home state. When it was time to choose an illustrat