FiL began his recording career way back in 1982, as third bass clarinetist with the North Jersey Area Band Association's Junior High School Band on the recording of their 18th annual concert (Crest Records, NJ-11782). After flubbing the opening to "The Star Spangled Banner," he gave up his recording career for academic pursuits, including a stint at Rutgers where he met his future bandmates.

Inspired by Action Potential's prodigious output, in 1997 he released his own tape, World of FiL, followed by the much rarer Skeletons in My Closet. Around this time, Action Potential were in a creative slump, so they sought to rejuvenate themselves with some fresh blood. Having already recorded some unreleasable versions of songs written by FiL, they decided to give him a call. A recording session was then held at FiL's (now-defunct) Waste-of-Tape Studios in Highland Park, N.J., and a day was duly wasted recording many unlistenable tracks.

Undaunted, the band went on to finish recording their first CD, Retrograde, which FiL mixed. After many more recording sessions at the Nexus and FiL's (now-defunct) Giant Maza Music Playground, a second CD was created, Reaching. Squabbles about the packaging however, broke up tha band.

During the summer of 2000, FiL got the idea to record and release new songs on his web site all summer long. Thus, FiL's Summer Shorts was born. Someone asked for a copy of all the songs on CD, so The Summer Shorts EP was duly slapped together.

At the tail end of the year, Antny, who had followed Action Potential with two less successful groups, decided to capture some of the old AP magic, and One Note Drone was born. After two years of recording, mostly at FiL's current studio, Blunderama, One Note Drone released their debut CD in early 2004.

One Note Drone has recorded in fits and starts ever since, and so has FiL. In 2005, he released The Isobel EP. In 2007, one of the songs from The Summer Shorts EP, "Restraining Order" was played on the nationwide public radio program Whad'Ya Khow? as part of their Whad'Ya Idol talent contest. Sadly, he did not win.