those are the nicest words anybody your age has ever said about payton.

i think you , and others , are dead on .

I have been watching guitarist for a long time of all ages , and the only person who ever blew me away being so good on guitar, and so young , was darrell abbott aka dimebag

but any idiot could see the magic when darrell was 15. back in  like 1982......like  they see magic in payton now.

payton has tallent  , but will need to be surrounded by people who are like minded ,and their main love is  making music  , not being noticed , or popular , or just saying their in a band.....ANYONE can do THAT.

While Payton is not on the rock scene right now , he is tearing up the area getting all kinds of awards on sax and guitar in the music programs that will earn him scholarship money. He has been invited to stay on campus in Louisiana in June for a week all expenses paid.

Music is Paytons job . Learning and memorizing music on 3 different instruments is much more challanging than scooping ice cream , or selling cologne , or bagging groceries. I WOULD NOT be letting him sit around thats for sure.
He works his ass off on music , and grades. So he , like everyone , needs down time.

I have no control over the choices payton will make now or in the near future , I only encourage him to think through things for better or worse , and stand behind the decision he makes.

I can't pick his girlfriends , just like I can't pick who his bandmates are.

But Im watching.