I was born to a woman I never knew, someone from the other side of the world, who changed my destiny by bringing me to Canada. I was adopted by two eccentric academics that lived on a horse ranch in rural Alberta. Life was an odd mix of the earthly and the unorthodox feeding ducks, growing vegetables, and debating philosophy. A long way from where I might have been, maybe busking for change on the unruly streets of Manila. Music seduced me from a young age. I joined the choir in Grade 4, but the teacher was like a drill sergeant, so I quit. I took up the oboe, but I didnt like that either, so I tossed it into a corner and never touched it again. I tried the flute, liked it for the most part, but it was stolen. At 16, I bought my first guitar and started taking lessons. The lure of the guitar and the instant gratification that came from strumming chords soon had me hooked. Shortly after, I joined a rock band and played the odd gig for cowboy-booted, redneck ridden patrons at a couple biker bars in Calgary . At 17, I bought a four-track and started writing and recording music a frustrating but fulfilling process that has enslaved me ever since. In 1991, I moved to Vancouver to study sound engineering. Since then, I've worked as a sound designer for film and television, exploring the technical side of the business. I also recorded and produced local bands for a few years a great learning experience but I got tired of relegating my music to the sidelines. At around the same time, the mysteries of the Far East and a quest to explore my familial roots pulled me to Asia, where I spent a year discovering my heritage, drifting with the ocean and writing music. My music has evolved over the years, shifting shape as time falls away. I'm inspired largely by the sounds of 70s funk, Parliament and Bootsy Collins, cranial riffs of Jimmy Page, and the esoterics of Pink Floyd. They echo subtly in my music...at times, interwoven with other more vivid threads, usually relationship angst and assorted emotional contortions. In the past, I experimented with different approaches writing alone, writing with others but the sound I was seeking proved elusive. As the pieces of my life come together, interlocking like an elaborate puzzle, my music has become a truer reflection of myself. Right now, for whatever reason - maybe just a harmonious alignment of the planets - I'm in the center of a creative vortex, and thankfully the music just keeps flowing...
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