Adam has a phenomenal and rarely encountered talent, one that I cannot even begin to understand after two decades of friendship and working closely with him on several projects. He has the ability to get to the heart of a project in unexpected and original ways. Whether its a large orchestral symphonic work or a delicate piece of minimalist beauty, he does it with a vision and depth that makes it feel like its always the most exciting, yet perfectly natural way to go. He understands drama and paints bold new pictures in music. The first time I commissioned music from him, for the theme of a show I hosted (so it was my theme music, mind you) I requested something with the feeling of an out of control truck overloaded with junk that was falling off it. Imagine someone asking such a ridiculous thing of you. He calmly replied: "I think I know exactly what you want."