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.

*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.

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1. How old were you when you first starting playing sax?

Age 14 and a half .