My musical journey began with the rather unusual step of asking my parents for piano lessons when I was eight. That provided me a great foundation for my future endeavors although I now wish I had kept up my study past high school...easy to say as a retrospecting (that’s not a word!) adult. Looking to expand to a "cooler" instrument I joined the school band in 8th grade and learned percussion continuing in marching and concert band through high school. I also picked up the drum kit on the way...