I started playing drums at a very young age, following my father, a professional jazz drummer in the Catskill resort circuit. I was writting songs a reording demos on the first 4-track recorder available for retail while in High School after becoming proficient on guitar, bass, piano and vocals, within years.
Graduated from Monticello High School in 1986, Monticello NY, focuses on art and music. Gradiated from Berklee College of Music (Boston MA) in 1990 with a Bachelor of Music Degree in Songwriting. Studies in, songwriting, music production and engineering, performance, business, ear training. Taught the Home Recording Lab for two summer semesters there.

Relocated to Los Angeles in 1992 to join a band featuring renown rock vocalist Jeff Scott Soto (Yngwie, Journey, TSO). In June 1992 and June 1993 I had a feature write-up in Guitar Player and Guitar For The Practicing Musician international magazines, respectivly. In 1994 my debut solo album was released on Zero Corp (Japan) and Island Records (Europe) to critacal aclaim.

After a few years plaing the L.A. bar scene and many record label showcases, I relocated to Florida after the 1994 Northridge earthquake left me homeless and jobless. Living in Tampa Bay since 1997 has secured my musical honeing joining a Disco tribute band and touring extensively around Europe, U.S. Brasil and Austrailia with the afore mentioned Jeff Scott Soto's reinvention of himself as a solo act.

Since being in Tampa, I have been a self taught videographer, shooting and editing many live concerts and music videos including Soto, Circle II Circle, Joel Hoekstra, Highway to Hell and many tampa local bands, including an extensive catalog of music videos for myself following the releases of my solo albums, 15 to date and two under the moniker Panic Fire.

My acting experience started very young participating in many school plays, followed by imitatting and impersonating and memorizing many monologues from my favorite movies. I was a member of Central Casting while I was in L.A. and the major motion pictures I was an extra in include AIrheads (Bryndon Frasier, Adam Sandler), I'll Do Anything (Nick Nolte), And The Band Played On (Richard Gere), and Heart And Souls (Robert Downey Jr.).

Although all of my feature acting credit is self directed in my music videos, I feel I can potentially pull off a major part. I can do spot on voice inpressions of Yoda, Jar-Jar Binks, Ms Piggy, Marge Simpson, Dr Nick and Barney (Simpsons), Michael McDonald, Smigel (LOTR), the falsetto Monty Python voice,

I am currently playing guitar in the central Florida cover band scene and am looking to further my talents.

Intruments I am beyond profidient in are guitar (electric and acoustic - rock, pop, metal, funk, country, blues), bass guitar (same), drums (all styles), piano (kinda limited I'm no Tim Minchin!), and a vocal range of four octaves. mny youtube video examples upon request.

produced the accompanying DVD for Frontiers Records recording artist Jeff Scott Soto's albums "Damage Control" and "Beautiful Mess" and all of his live concert DVDs. also the accompanying DVD for Ken Tamplin's (Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy) album "Wake The Nations". i have also done various video editing work for such international metal bands as Circle II Circle, Wade Black's War Of Thrones, Talisman and W.E.T. see website for tons of my video work.

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