I've been playing since the early 80s, everything from metal to bluegrass (upright). Geddy was my first major influence on bass. I started my first band with keyboard player Bill Swann while in Junior High. I worked on Rush material throughout my high school years and for a while thereafter, but began to concentrate more on funk and jazz fusion material after high school. Following my graduation I got an opportunity to do some recording at the Beach Boy's recording studio and even played a live, televised charity show with them in Laguna Seca, CA in front of a huge audience. Following that I played in a bunch of country and dance bands on the East Coast for a while, before meeting Kirk. Kirk and I played for Clay Davidson for a time and Clay went on to become a major country act for a short while. I was becoming disenchanted at that point, so I pretty much dropped out of the music scene to work on my computer career. I spent seven years without playing much at all, maybe once a week. Then a couple of years ago I decided to replace my trusty home-made bass with something newer and suddenly found myself auditioning for local groups. Kirk and I reconnected somewhere in there and that's when I became part of Digital Men.

Some interesting photos of me (don't get excited-- they're all rated PG-13):

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Gear & Recording Setup