1. How old were you when you first started playing guitar?
I was seven years old when I first started playing guitar, but didn't really take it seriously until I was 14. I started as a “rocker,” but started getting into Jazz in high school and college. After college I played in all kinds of different bands from Jazz to Rock to R&B to Funk, and even was a television session guitarist for many years.
1. How old were you when you first started playing the piano?
I started playing the piano sitting next to my Grandmother who played by ear. She had her right arm amputated due to cancer and that was considered a treatment then. I would sit next to her and learn the right hand parts while she played the left hand parts. I started taking lessons after I recovered from a broken arm falling off a gym set. Learning to read music was never hard for me, it felt very natural. Today I’m happy I learned how to play by ear and read music in my background.
1. How old were you when you first started making music?
I can remember singing ever since I was a little kid, and although I dabbled on guitar at an early age, I would say I really dove in when I was about 14.
1. How old were you when you first started singing?
*I was about ten when I started gathering friends to sing and perform in front of our elementary school. We would sing songs from the current K-Tel albums.