- A pianist by birth, I was so turned off by the way music was taught in public school and by my private teachers, that I gave it up by the time I was ten years old ...

- Then I discovered The Beatles and Eric Clapton, and I knew that I had to get to the bottom of what this was all about. My quest became even more compelling after I started listening to Led Zeppelin, my favorite band of all. I then began the long journey of teaching myself rock guitar. I feel that the basic rock guitar/amp setup as a music delivery vehicle is one of the greatest innovations of the twentieth century.

- I play rock inspired guitar, influenced primarily by Frank Zappa, Jimi Hendrix, and Edward Van Halen. Frank Zappa is my favorite guitarist of all. There is some sort of vague conceptual influence from artists like Niccolò Paganini and Django Reinhardt. My free-form playing is inspired by Béla Bartók and Igor Stravinsky. Currently, two of my favorite guitarists to see and hear live are Jeff Beck and Steve Vai. To see more of my other influences, visit my homepage.