I’ve been doing this a long time. Pre-internet, pre-computer even! But it’s never stopped being fun for me. I’ve learned new things throughout my career (including the internet and computers!) and that education has come from fellow musicians, from students, from good gigs, from bad gigs, from audience members and from all genre of music that I’ve ever played.
I grew up in Indianapolis. Studied music through a Bachelors degree at Ball state University. BUT… I was a percussionist, studying to work as an orchestra musician. My instructor, Erwin Mueller, taught me so much about how to practice, how to study a piece of music, and generally how to maintain the discipline needed to be a professional musician. During that time I played piano in the Ball State Jazz band and gigged around the area in various bands playing all styles of music, including jazz. Post college I dropped my percussionist life to devote myself to piano playing, but I still love the percussion section – heck, some of my best friends are…!