 He worked as a record producer and founded his own label, Metalanguage Records in 1978, in addition to operating the Twelve Stars studio in California.He co-founded the Rova Saxophone Quartet and worked in Glenn Spearman's Double Trio.A frequent recipient of commissions, he composed the music for the play "Goya's L.A." by Leslie Scalapino in 1994 and for the film "Letters Not About Love", which was named best documentary at SXSW in 1998.