My Story
My interest in music before I hit
the age of 10 consisted of dressing up as “Sporty Spice” and acting it
up with my girl friends during recess break at school. I discovered
my first true love of music when I was in 4th grade - "The
Beatles". It was my goal to own every single one of
their albums and know the words to every single tune. One
might have said that I was outdated, but I discovered that
The Beatles were and remain timeless When I entered high
school, I became interested in classic rock, progressive
rock, blues, acoustic, pop, and from then on, I enjoyed almost
any kind of music. My influences are difficult to pinpoint,
yet they all blend together to form an original style and
sound.
My parents signed me up for piano lessons
when I was 10, also, observing that I was expressing a growing curiosity
in music. For 5 years I was classically trained, playing
everything from Chopin to Debussy. I developed an acute ear
during this time, and this ability has helped me greatly
along the way. When I was 14-years-old, I picked up the guitar.
Playing air guitar in my basement
to “Band
on the Run” was
pretty awesome, but I knew then that it was just a beginning.
So I dusted off my mom’s old acoustic from the attic,
bought myself a chord book, and attempted to learn every
Beatles song in the catalogue. I took about five or so guitar
lessons and a quickie on music theory. Arthur (my instructor)
and I jammed our way through the 30 minute time frames. About
two months after starting guitar, I wrote my first song complete
with chords and lyrics. It was far from incredible, but it
was the start of one of my greatest passions in life: songwriting.
So this is what brings me here today. My love and passion
for music is, and hopefully will be, forever present and
evolving. The great thing about music is that it never stays
the same... Variety really is the spice of life!
That’s what I say anyway.
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