Ira
@istrum
Hackensack, NJ USA
Joined Dec 12, 2005
I Grew up in Haworth, NJ then sent to private school in Cheshire, CT before entering Syracuse University. Traveled extensivly across the U.S. reaching various points on the West coast many times before settling in S.F. After finishing my degree at Syracuse there was a stint in Stockbridge, MA and then back to NJ where I reside today.
I started playing guitar back just before entering High School locally in NJ. I didn't excel at it and my brother borrowed my guitar one day while I was doing my homework. It was a cheap folk / classical guitar. My mother found him playin' the guitar, and in a fit of rage, did her own rendition of a classic Pete Townsend windmill and smashed the guitar into smitherines. She felt guilty enough though to take me to purchase another guitar, cheap as it was, bless her. I continued on to finish about 8 lessons before quiting. I went on to play sporadically in Prep School and College, but never really put much time into it until I bought my first real guitar with my own money in January of 2000. Since then I've been mostly strumming, but here and there I have learned to fingerpick a bit and flatpick also.
My Music
