So despite being a major league geek, I've avoided the entire blog scene. I've owned my own domain name for years, and have plenty of access to servers, but I've never had an interest in doing an "about me" kind of thing.

So I'm a 30 year old guy. Music, computers, and books are how I occupy my free time. I grew up in West Seneca (a suburb of Buffalo), graduating from West Seneca West in 1995. I went to the University of Rochester/Eastman School of Music from there, earning a degree in Jazz Studies with a minor in Mathematics in 1999. I went on to the California Institute of the Arts, earning a Masters in Jazz Bass in 2001. I moved to Brooklyn in December of 2001, and have been there ever since.

Once in New York, I realized I either needed to play in wedding bands or teach lessons to make a living just as a musician, and neither of those options was very appealing to me. I was looking for an office job, and ran into a guy I met in music school who had a small IT company in midtown. He had me come in and learn on the job, and in a few months I was doing IT work for his company. In the 4 years since then, I've learned a fair amount about computers and networking, and use it to pay my bills. I became a partner in the company that was formed out of that initial IT company, and now help make the novel 1984 a reality.

I still play as often as I can, but having the day gig gives me the flexibility to play what I want to play rather than having to take gigs based on money. Jazz is still near and dear to my heart, but I'm also part of the MTV age, and rock/pop has just as much if not more importance to me.