It all started at age one when I was "Rockin' the Jamar"  toy piano while my sister Joni danced to the infectious beat of  my Stockhousen tone clusters!  Elvis watched from atop the TV still looking good while probably in pain. Then, while in retirement from my living room concert, I proceeded to live an average suburban life, playing with friends and unknowingly being influenced by the music of my Parents and sister. I remember the singers Johnny Mathais, Frank Sinatra, Lena Horn sounding out around the house. Another and larger wave of sound came from my sisters 45's with many songs like "Build Me Up Buttercup",  "Just Walk Away Rene",  "Insense Pepermints"...cool songs. Then came guitar lessons as a young teen followed by high school rock and jam bands. As a young adult  the duo of guitar and keyboards was formed called "Partners",  playing covers around the Baltimore/Washington area for about 15 years. While making a living with voice and guitar I had earned a music degree at the University of Maryland in contemporary music and finished a program of studies in Indian Music and Sitar at the Academy of  Indian Music and Fine Arts. During that time I was also fortunate to have had some great private instruction with teachers like  Alice Stringer (voice), Hamid Ustad Hossain (Sitar/Tabla), and Bruce Casteel (Classical Guitar).  Another big influence, of course, has been the many records from so many great artists of all all genres that have been burned into my musical psyc. Nothing charges you up like  hearing  great music of any type, from anybody, live or recorded. So wrap all that up into an aspiring Singer/Songwriter and hopefully you'll have something worth listening to! Jeff

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