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I play Acoustic and Electric instrumental music.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
I grew up in Southern California. Was surrounded by music of all kinds my whole life. My parents are very musical and talented in their own ways so that's where it started. Started playing guitar at 14. It was Aerosmith's "Same Old Song and Dance" and Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple that made me want to play guitar. I began listening to hard rock that was heavy on guitar. Then when I heard progressive bands like Rush and Yes, that led me to bands like The Dregs, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return To Forever and on into jazz and classical.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Occasionally. No gigs scheduled at the moment.
Your musical influences
Artists such as: Rush, Yes, Montrose, Dixie Dregs, Zeppelin, ELP, Deep Purple, Dream Theater.
Guitarists like: Steve Morse, Alex Lifeson, John McGlaughlin, Al DiMeola, Ritchie Blackmore, The L.A. guitar quartet, Steve Vai, Andres Segovia, Jeff Beck, Jan Akkerman. Classical music of all kinds. Chopin, Prokofiev, Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky, Bach, Copeland.
What equipment do you use?
Takamine acoustic/electric, Fender Strat, BOSS BR-8 recorder and various BOSS pedals.
