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"I started playing piano at 5. My Mom walked me down to a Sears store that we lived close to. It was raining. There was a guy playing a huge steam calliope that was on a large truck trailer in the parking lot. He was playing “Singing In The Rain”. That monster sounded wonderful. We stood there for what seemed to be all day. We were soaked. I went back home and taught myself that song on the piano. I've been playing, writing and recording music ever since. I started recording at 12 years old (1965). After hanging around this guy’s studio for a while, he let me adjust the mixing pots and press “record”. It was a 3-track studio. He had an Ampex 300 - 3 track, a couple of Ampex 350 2 tracks, a Langevin/Fairchild board and an RCA cutter. He had a nice Telefunken U-47M (long body), Neumann U-47s, M-50s, U-67s, KM-53s, RCA 44s, 77s. He taught me how to place the microphones, record at the proper levels, how to edit tape and cut an acetate record. After that, I brought some bands in to record and he allowed me to engineer the whole session… after all, I was bringing him in some business. I’ve been hooked ever since. I feel very fortunate to have developed a clientèle who appreciate what I do and are looking for something they can't get anywhere else. I give credit to my ears."