Whether creating charts for live ensembles or creating original charts for vocalists or instrumentalists, I love to delve into textures both instrumental and harmonic. As a child I wore out records, listening to everything from rock to funk to jazz to classical (Ravel’s treatment of Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at An Exhibition” was in high rotation on young George’s portable record player before bed). This regular exposure imprinted upon my nascent creativity, and this conditioning has served me well throughout my thirty plus years as a professional in the music business.