Soon after my buddy and I took a ride to the local music store, and I picked out my first acoustic guitar, a beautiful black body Álvarez that my parents bought for my birthday. Thanks to my very supportive parents, for putting up with the long hours of loud practice from the basement. Todd showed me the open Chords and I have never looked back.

During the next few years, and while living in Atlanta, GA, I started taking lessons with an amazing guitar player who could rip Yngwie Malmsteen , Alice in Chains, Led Zeppelin and all the rest. I had the great fortune to roadie his band “Power and Grace” and guitar tech for him on occasion. I even had the opportunity to jump on stage with them In Marietta, GA at The Kings Head Pub and in Panama City, FL at Club La Vela, and cover a Red-Hot Chili Peppers song. I learned a lot about guitar playing and song writing as he was proficient and willing to teach!

After many years of practice I wrote my first song “Better Left Unsaid” (to be released on the second feature album), while living on my cousins couch in Suffern, NY. Every time I see or speak too my cousin he sings then hook as if it’s a greeting. Then I wrote a second song named “Pound for Pound” and then a third song Named “Kissed Again”, Wahoo! I was lucky enough to play “Kissed Again” for a large crowd with Billy Sheehan on the bass guitar in Nassau, Bahamas. Very cool and fun time working with him.

After moving around, I played in different bands. In New Hampshire with a college circuit band called “No Will”, and then back in NY with a band called “Present Tense”.

I then moved to Florida where I raised two beautiful children, I kept up my guitar and singing skills while jamming with other people locally for a few years.

When I decided to start back with my songwriting I wasn’t up to speed with the new digital world. What happened to getting together in a garage or a basement? As luck would have it my girlfriend surprised me with a studio set up for my birthday! Complete with everything I need to get started, but I had no Idea how to digitally record.

So I set out on a journey. My very first stop at a local music store, there I met Darryl who said he could teach me how to use the recording software. Darryl became very instrumental (pun intended) in teaching me the recording process. He was an extremely good teacher and helped me with digital recording, lead guitar and music theory as well.