1972. He then came to Canada at the age of 4. His father, who is also a musician at heart, gave him private lessons. His father played guitar, clarinet and piano. He pushed him to sing in the church choir until he was 16. Then Jude got interested in trumpet playing, which he played for 3 years. But while playing trumpet he was always playing guitar on the side. On the other hand, he had another hobby that kept him out of trouble: Basket-ball which he played from the age 12 and up. He got accepted in University and this is when he stopped trying to make a professional career out of it. In the year of 2006, he produced 6 songs for an alternative rock artist in Brooklyn (New-York).The album is supposed to come out in October 2006.In the same year he managed to produce an artist named MANNIX. This album is also supposed to be out before the end of the year.In the meantime he is producing, giving guitar lessons in a high school and playing in many venues.