The son of a music teacher and musician, I started piano lessons at 3, became a drummer in our family band the next year playing around the Chicago area. I later took organ and drum lessons from various teachers, played percussion in school bands from elementary school to HS and started playing as a drummer semi-professional at 18, continuing for around 12 years until sustatining an injury causing lifelong tendinitis. Biggest achievements: joining a critics darling rock band and getting fans including Jimmy Chamberlan and Louise Post (Veruca Salt) who attempted to persuade me to join Veruca Salt for their first major US tour. I declined. Oops. Today I'm just a dad / hobbyist musician attempting to record music 20+ years after stopping.