I can't stand writing bios! What do you want me to say? I'm a violinist. I started when I was seven. I got good at it. I won some competitions, played with some orchestras....I ended up at Juilliard with a good teacher. I left Juilliard prematurely. That place is waaaack.

I still somehow manage to do well for myself in violin land. I pick up the occasional classical gig, but for the most part I work in the non-classical field. I've recorded/performed with artists such as Mos Def, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Alicia Keys, The Gorillaz, Oleta Adams, and Lauryn Hill.

I caught the songwriting bug in my sophomore year at Juilliard. I started writing little snippets on the piano in the practice room whenever I had free time. Years later I bought a guitar. That quickly got boring. So I tuned the strings in a funky way...that's when I realized the world was mine. I've been writing songs in strange tunings ever since.