Welcome to my music blog - The Soundtrack of My Life!

Many of you have asked me “What’s with all the music, Dr. Weiss?” Well, as I’ve told some of you:

I personally call every surgery patient on the evening of surgery just to make sure they are doing well and have no questions that need answering. Occasionally, I would be at the piano and play a song that we had listened to that day. I gradually realized that I wanted to go through all the music that I had played during my life and at least start making a list of the songs that I had recently played.

Well, there are now about 600 songs on the list and I realized that it in a way it represented the ‘soundtrack of my life’! And that’s how I got the idea to record these songs and share them with my patients, friends and family. After I record them they will reside here, for easy access.

Music is truth. It’s honest. It’s really the first social media, where in a way, people could share their souls directly. And isn’t that what the purpose of social media is and why it’s so popular - trying to share who you really are, as completely and directly as possible?

Finally, it has been (and will continue to be) a genuine pleasure sharing these different songs with you and I really appreciate all of your positive feedback!!

Musical Genres

Bob Dylan and son

Forever Young

January 18, 2019

On This Day, “Forever Young” was released by Bob Dylan with backing by the Band in 1974. Written as a lullaby for his eldest son Jesse, born in 1966, Dylan's song relates a father's hopes that his child will remain strong and happy. It opens with the lines, "May God bless and keep you always / May your wishes all come true", echoing the Old Testament's Book of Numbers, which has lines that begin: "May the Lord bless you and guard you / May the Lord make His face shed light upon you." Its always been one of my favorites - I played it for my son at his Bar Mitzvah. Today’s Music Minute is a truncated instrumental version, but if you’re not familiar with this song, it’s worth listening to Dylan’s version (I like the slow version) and looking up the words. It’s been covered by many artists including Joan Baez, Peter, Paul and Mary, The Band, Diana Ross, Johnny Cash, the Grateful Dead, Neil Young, the Jerry Garcia Band, Pete Seeger, the Pretenders, Norah Johns and even Meat Loaf! Bosendorfer piano sound - For this recording I’m playing a Yamaha Clavinova – which has the same keyboard action [...]
Rock band The Doors standing against a wall

Summer's Almost Gone

August 21, 2018

  Just like that, we’re more than halfway through August!  You can’t tell by the weather, but fall is just about here.  But before summer slips away, I wanted to try something new and exciting! Celebrate the coming end of summer with The Doors’ “Summer’s Almost Gone”.  I have a special affinity for the Doors – it was among the first rock music that I started playing and I actually went to a Doors concert in 1970 instead of my senior prom (I couldn’t get a date anyway!).  Despite the tragic passing of Morrison at 27 years old, their music lives on. (Fun fact: our Patient Coordinator Tamara even had a poster of Jim Morrison plastered prominently on her wall when she was a kid despite the fact that she was barely alive during the Doors’ heyday.) New Blog Feature (Weiss Internet Jam Band) I’ve sent out lots of music before, but this particular blog is going to be much more interactive (hopefully)!  I’m inviting all my family of patients and friends to engage in a little audience participation contest (Todd, Sean, that means you) – and everyone is going to be a winner! Help me finish the song – […]