I was born in Chicago, Illinois on May 24th 1980. I was exposed to music at a very young age, but I didn't start to learn any instruments until I was a teenager. I wrote my first song in my grandfather's apartment at the the age of sixteen. I'd never written a song before. I didn't know what the hell I was doing. All I know is the pen and paper were there and I had a melody in my head that wouldn't go away. I guess in the back of my mind, I always wanted to learn guitar, but i ended up on the drums for all four years in the highschool band. I like the drums and I would've continued to play, but I couldn't afford a drumset. That's when I got one of Wal Mart's electric guitars for Christmas one year. I started messing around with it, but i got frustrated and buried it in the closet. Then one night at a friends birthday party, there was a band in the garage playing an acoustic set. After hearing and seeing how good the acoustic sounded up close....I was hooked.I got to college and started to get a little better at the guitar, but I sure as hell wasn't trying to play in front of anybody. It was a typical thursday night though, when I suddenly heard live music coming from the basement of the Thomas Hall dorm where I lived. I went down to see what was going on, and that's when I discovered what an open mic was.....coffee, donuts, music, and a nice little audience to hear how much you suck.lol. I finally took a turn one evening though and played three cover songs on a classical. (Cover songs that were meant for steel strings and not nylon by the way) and that didn't work out too well, so I went and bought my first acoustic at a pawn shop off campus. After I got the first open mic out of the way, I got the courage to show my face a little more at the open mics on and off campus over the next few years. I had a few original songs but I wouldn't play them much. I stuck to covers because it seemed like people only responded to songs they already knew. Then one night, I played my final open mic before I was supposed to graduate in a few days. A girl who was a regular back in Thomas Hall approached me and told me she had a suggestion for me. She told me that I should play more of my own songs. I thought to myself," wow, someone was listening and actually liked my song". I'm glad I took her advice.Well In conclusion, that's pretty much the basis of what happened and how I started. I'd tell you more but I've already written you a book if you've read this and I sincerely apologize for not shutting up sooner,lol. But anyway, I play open mics all the time, and I feel free whenever I play. I'm hoping that one day...... I can play for anyone and everyone who might like what I have to say.
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