I was born in Berwyn, Illinois and raised in Stickney. Later moving to Naperville for better schooling, I grew up listening to my father play the keyboard and discovering how to make music. My Uncle Sean played the blues guitar at most family
events and let me borrow hundreds of jazz CDs to train my ears. Before I had my own set I would tape markers together to create sticks to hit until they would
explode in my hands. My first job at a pizza spot when I was 13, I saved up enough money for a ...