Bio

I started playing guitar when I was 7 years old. My father played guitar and always had a guitar laying around the house and many vinel records with a lot of guitar drivin freedom rock such as Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, BB King, Cream and Eric Clapton and many other great and inovated blues artists. When Prince or aka the Artist formerly known as... released the Purple Rain LP, it made me want to pick up a guitar. My father told me that Prince was nothing but a Jimi Hendrix hack. Shortly after the VCR was invented, I have watch the 1969 Monterey Pop Festival Movie which was like the prehistoric Lallapolooza of that era. The Part of that movie that had the biggest impact on me was the performance captured of Jimi Hendrix perfoming \"Wild Thing\" and ending his set by lighting his guitar on fire and smashing his equipment. I remember being fasinated and terrified at the same time. I found it out of this world how Jimi played guitar with his teeth, with one hand, between his knees, behind his head and behind his back. To me it was like a magic trick that sounded awsome. In 2nd grade I took lessons when I was in cathlic school. All I learned was a G and D chord and a stupid calypso strum. Later I\'ve had a passion for heavy metal and bands such as Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Ozzy, Metallica, and Slayer. When I discovered Iron Maiden at 12 I have taken up and interest in playing bass. Steve Harris was my main influence, not only in playing bass but also in song writing. 7th grade I played with a few child hood friend in a psudo thrash band where the name of the band has changed every week. In 10th grade I was in a power trio called Mid - Evil. 12th Grade I did more song and lyric writing. From ages 19 - 22 I have spend countless hours with Jimmy Fagan and Tim Holland, life long friends, writting and recording songs and guitar tracks, and rooting through many of guitar magazines and Tab Books. From ages 23 - 27 I was the bassist for the pop rock band \"More Drama\".I\'ve recorded guitar tracks for \"Gimme No Fuss Productions\" working with Mylon Jones, a long time friend from High School who is a very inovated musican, director, and producer. As technology has progressed throughout the years, I\'m currently involved producing many other projects and sound engineering for my own lable, Justudio Productions.