Following in my father’s footsteps, I picked up the guitar in middle school and have been playing ever since. A music-lover in general, I played percussion in the Cape Hatteras School band, and performed local shows as singer/songwriter for the proverbial high school garage band. From my mother I got a love of travel and a foundation on the piano. The result has been a growing collection of instruments and influences from the places I’ve been or dream of going: didgeridoo lessons from a frien...