Lead Guitarist
Influences
Age: 22
Date Of Birth: 4/14/76
Eddie Van
Halen,
Paul Gilbert,
Joe Satriani,
Reb Beach,
Blues Saraceno
"I have been playing guitar since I was
seven. My dad played guitar, so I would
sneak downstairs in the middle of the
night and play it. He caught me one time
and I thought he would be mad, but
instead the next day he took me to
Guitar Center and bought me a strat!
Pretty cool dad huh? I have been playing
guitar ever since.
Before I met David and joined Velocity I
was playing in a couple of local bands
here in the Bay Area. Nothing too
serious. I was also doing a bunch of
studio work and teaching. It's kind of a
funny story how I met David. I was
checking out an amp at this music store
and he just came up and recruited me. We
have been inseperable ever since. We are
like family.
Before I joined Velocity, I was very
discouraged about the whole music scene.
I mean don't get me wrong, I liked Green
Day, Nirvana, and Soundgarden. It was
just not what I wanted to play. Everyone
my age was tying to play this kind of
music. But I was always into Van Halen,
Mr.Big, Winger and all those amazing
Shrapnel guys. That's what I wanted to
play. When David gave me a tape of the
songs I was totally jazzed. I mean this
was exactly the kind of music that I
wanted to play. And boy, it's been busy
ever since.