About Adam
After a few years of putting it off, I finally launched this site in February 2009 in order to both of share the joy of music with the world, and find people to hire me as a performer, arranger, or composer.
Adam Friedman
Some of my earliest memories involve my four-year-old self falling asleep on the floor of my bedroom with my ear glued to a small FM radio. I was a musical tinkerer early on, as I would invent little worlds on my mother’s Baldwin piano growing up. But at ten years old, I preferred to pursue the drums. Private instruction lasted about six months before my parents decided they couldn’t afford them, despite my teacher telling them I was a natural. (Though I wasn’t a natural at consistent, disciplined practice!)
At 16 years old, I fell in love with Jethro Tull and a host of other classic rock groups, and, being petrified of being a conformist, I chose flute instead of guitar. Joining the school band at this stage of the game was out of the question, since I had to learn how to read music. I took a few lessons to solidify the proper playing habits, and ascended the slow and scenic climb to mastery, that I still continue today.
At 18 I discovered the tantalizing fruit of jazz, but only became serious about it at 25. Since then, I’ve “grown” perpetually smaller with the discovery of each Real Book tune and the twists and turns they provide for nearly limitless improvisation.
I have been an arranger, performer (flute and hand percussion), band-leader, and band manager most of my adult life, playing in a wide variety of popular music groups. I’m always on the look out for fresh accessible sounds, themes of self/social transformation, and joyful, hard-working colleagues.