As a preteen, I played drums in my garage and eventually joined the school band. I formed a few bands with any like minded "Metal Head" kid I met in my neighborhood until I was eleven and played drums in a fifty piece inner-city jazz ensemble. While in this group, I had access to other instruments and began teaching myself piano. This lead to an obsession with the art of songwriting. I absorbed music by The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Steely Dan, and the list goes on. However, I began to really take notice of film scores; in particular John Williams and eventually Danny Elfman. I began experimenting quite a bit with music sequencing and synthesizers and quickly fell in love with certain electronic bands, like Depeche Mode. I co-founded a band, called AR3A in 1991 which went on to release several singles and albums over the years garnering a small but very loyal following over seas...even winning album of the year in 2010 in Poland of all places.