APEX INSURANCE GROUP LLC
VENICE, FLORIDA

For as long as I've been playing drums, I've also been messing around on the guitar and for several years now I've wanted to try getting on a stage all buy myself and perform some of my favorite songs. So after learning about 40 songs I finally got up the nerve to try them out in front of an audience. I went to The Happy Dog in Gilroy on a Thursday night expecting to sit in with the jammers and play/sing a few songs. When I arrived I found a decent sized audience wanting some music but no jammers at all. So I set up my gear, tuned and started my set thinking there would be more musicians on the way. But no one else showed up and having the stage all to myself, I wound up playing for over an hour and a half. I had so much fun, the audience was very receptive and the club owner Steve, who liked what he heard asked me to come back for some paying gigs. I've spent many years learning and performing on drums and would never give this up, in fact having this new creative outlet makes me enjoy my drumming gigs more than ever. But after doing my first solo guitar gig, I will definitely be reserving some dates on my calendar to do it on a regular basis. I grew up in a family of musicians and now everytime we get together for a holiday or birthday, we wind up having a jam session. So, early in the year I set a goal to have the studio ready by Thanksgiving Day so we could have our jam in the new facility. Well, the goal was meet and the studio construction is finished, I move in all my gear (that was invading the living room), wire everything up (including new mixer) and it's open for business. I've already been recording some new ideas for my next CD. Lookin' forward to the first jam session. Here's a few picts.