What, me?
Cello at a young age, discovered rock and roll in junior high. Bought a book of Yes sheet music and copied the chord fingerings in my learn-to-play guitar bible and the rest led to all of this...
Influences include: Alan Parsons, Steve Wilson, Tony Banks, Chris Squire, Harold Budd, Edgar Froese, Vangelis, Phillip Glass, John Adams, Reeves Gabrels, Billy Sherwood and Dave Bainbridge.