Heh, I was born with it.

As for Electrum - that was Gino's fault. :)

I haven't played live in many years now, primarily focusing what time I can dedicate to music to writing and recording. I played with several gigging bands in High School in College and would like to get back to it again in the not too distant future.

In some ways for the better and in others for the worse. The coffee isn't bad.

Piracy is a concern for indies like me that don't get the chance to play out a lot. On the other hand it would be absolutely impossible to even try to market an Instrumental Progressive record without the internet. When you play unusual music the internet allows you to reach that audience that would be tiny on a local basis but worldwide is significant.

Internet radio and sites like soundclick are an absolutely a blessing in the face of ever narrowing programming available in the mass media.

Yet it seems like for indies it keeps getting harder in recent years to just break even.

Unlikely. If I wanted to throw myself into mid six figure debt I'd build myself a professional studio.

I was born on January 15th, 1970 (MLKs birthday). After that I learned to walk and read and play soccer. In 1982 at my Mother's urging (she figured I needed a hobby I suppose) I started taking guitar lessons. For the first two years I didn't practice much and made almost no progress. Then I got a Peavey electric guitar with a "Standard" brand amplifier and started to play a little bit more. If I turned the volume (it had no gain control) and the reverb up all the way it sort of made distortion and this to my ears then made me sound very cool when I played Dio's "Rainbow in the Dark" for the neighborhood kids outside my window.

Read more of my bio...

I enjoy Progressive Rock, Jazz and Classical music. My own writing tends to the former of those but I mix in a little of the latter two.

My guess is, if you enjoy Steve Morse, Rush, Marrillion and King Crimson you will probably enjoy my record.

Artists I enjoy listening to:
Änglagård, Beethoven, Miles Davis, Debussy, The Dregs, Dvorak, Echolyn, Genesis, Kansas, Mike Keneally, King Crimson, Marillion, Steve Morse, Mike Oldfield, Niacin, Charlie Parker, Rush, John Scofield, Stravinsky, Sting, and Yes

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

I have 3 custom made guitars made by a Canadian Luthier named Neil Bryan. My Acoustic guitar is a Taylor Big Baby. My bass was made by a local luthier named Chris Stambaugh. I have a QS6 Synthesizer but I primarily use it as a midi controller triggering samples purchased from Sonic Implants.

My recording rig is a RNC Preamp and Compressor into a Sansamp PSA-1 into a TC Electronics G-Force. That goes straight into the PC (Sonar). For bass I bypass the TC unit.

To bang on I have a set of Premier Drums with Paiste Signature Cymbals.

Quick note about the mp3 album available here at soundclick. There is a 15 minute track on the album called Somnium but the mp3 was over the upload limit for a standard account. So I have ommited it.

You can get the complete CD through my website or you can get the complete album in mp3 format (320kbps) at my music forte site.