By age 5, I was listening to The Doors, Blood, Sweat & Tears, CCR, The Beatles, Sly & The Family Stone, and The Beach Boys. Somehow, I always gravitated to the bass lines. Other influences over the years include Stanley Clarke / RTF, Zeppelin, Sabbath, Miles Davis, Tony Williams, Pat Metheny, Bunny Brunel, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Collective Soul, Police, Pretenders, Suzanne Vega, Heart, Elvis Costello, Allman Brothers, Santana, and many others.

By age 15, I had my first bass lesson – right-handed, since I didn’t yet own a bass. What an unnatural experience. I probably would have been just as well off trying to play with my feet. Not accustomed to left-handed players, one of my early bass teachers had to set up a full-length mirror in order to teach me. While growing up in California (both Southern and Northern), I played in multiple bands.

After a year at UC Davis, I decided to transfer to Berklee where I earned my Bachelor’s. Since then, I’ve been living in the Boston area, playing in all original rock bands. Several had gained local notoriety, getting local airplay, including Vision Corps, World Gone Crazy, and Torian (album called Ring of Air). Currently, I’m in a new iteration of an orignal band called Winterboy. The music carries a variety of influences, including straight driving rock, funk, jazz, latin, and middleastern. We’re planning to hit the studio late summer / early fall.

I own three basses: ’74 Fender Jazz, ’77 Fender Precision and ’79 Image Guitars (Peter Max Baranet). Rigs have varied over the years, but have included Acoustic 320 / 406, Randall preamp, Randall power amp, Intersound IVP preamp, Mitchell folder horn cabinet with Gauss driver, SWR pre-Fender combo, and Genz Benz. I try not to rely on effects (the less that can go wrong, the better), but still have my vintage Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer and Yellow Humper.

’74 Fender Jazz

’77 Fender Precision

’79 Image Guitars (Peter Max Baranet)

Acoustic 320 / 406

Randall preamp

Randall power amp

Intersound IVP preamp

Mitchell folder horn cabinet with Gauss driver

SWR pre-Fender combo

Genz Benz

vintage Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer and Yellow Humper.