My mother actually chose it for me.

Aside from this solo project, I'm in a band called Shortbus Fight Club. We play a lot of goofed up cover songs in south-central Pennsylvania.

I think the internet sets music free.

Probably... because I'm broke. But I wouldn't feel very good about myself for it in the morning.

I have a bunch of songs that I wrote. Most of them were written when I was in this band or that band, but it's usually me doing the bulk of the writing. Each of my songs is like a child to me... so I take them with me when my ego ultimately causes the band to implode... and I record them on my own, the way I think they should be.

Most of my stuff has been through two or three different recordings though, because I keep getting better at recording and I want them to be the best they can be.

My biggest influence is The Wildhearts, a little-known band from England. After them, Green Day, The Ramones, Bad Religion, , Metallica, The Beatles... kind of a hodgepodge of sounds.

I love my hometown of Hanover, PA, and I hope to live here forever. If not here, then definitely somewhere else.

I use a Digitech effects processor running directly into the soundcard of my computer... and a microphone that also runs right in like that. Oh... and a guitar... and a bass. They're both Deans. The guitar has seven strings and the bass has five. I program my drums (and some occasional synths/pianos) with Fruity Loops... and I do all my tracking and mixing in Adobe Audition.

Everything is mastered by my Autralian friend, Scott Moran. He's got great ears and knows how to tickle an equalizer like no other.