My parents chose it. =]

I play live in my band "Furthermore", as well as with the Southern Oregon Jazz Ensemble 2. I was asked once to play in a nightclub in Chico, CA, so I did. It was fun. =]

Lots of people hear your music faster.

If they offered it and they were reliable.

Like I said, I have been playing piano for 13 years. At one point I had the title of best high school jazz piano soloist in Oregon. This was during the Oregon Jazz Festival in 2006. I also have won several large talent shows, and am always being asked to play in clubs and with bands. Along with that, I composed a complete Jazz Ensemble score for North Medford High School that was performed early this year (2008).

Evanescence (Amy Lee), The Used, The All American Rejects, The Fray, AFI, My Chemical Romance, John Mayer, Avril Lavigne, Paramore, Relient K, Saosin, Hawthorne Heights, Alicia Keys, A Fine Frenzy, Plain White T's, Led Zeppelin, Fall Out Boy, The Beatles, Frank Sinatra.

Wherever they want me most. =]

KORG M3 Workstation, 2003 Left-Handed Stratocaster, Yamaha FG720SL Left-Handed Acoustic Guitar, KORG D1200, FL Studio 8, Adobe Audition 3.

I was born October 24th, 1992 in Paradise California. Unfortunately, I was born with cerebral palsy, and because of that, I started playing piano as a means of therapy. So far it has worked =) (Duh!). I was also diagnosed in April of 2005 with a strange disease called Neurofibromatosis Type 2. Before I was diagnosed, I had to have a brain surgery to remove a large tumor, but I have also had 2 other tumors removed since being diagnosed.

But the morale of the story is never give up. It's been a hard life so far, but all I can do is put it back into my music to make something breathtaking out of a tragedy. As I told a friend once "Sometimes black and white can be the most colorful thing ever". Remember that!