I have been influenced by music all my life. Music was always up in the house, Henry Mancini, Herb Alpert, Ray Conniff, Stan Frieberg, Percy Faith, Tommy Garrett, Hugo Winterhalter, soundtrack vinyl from the movies, "The Sound of Music" would play loud Saturday mornings. The family would go to Ganesha Park in Pomona on concert night and spread out a blanket. We had each Beatles album as it came out. I started playing Ukulele in 2nd grade, drums in 6th, finally guitars at 18 yrs. More later...