My story begins at a dusty floored church in North Philly, where brass bands are the main attraction. I was born and raised in church and that is where I had my first musical experience. The first instrument I began playing was
the snare drum. Following that I began playing the baritone horn, and sousaphone. I recall one very powerful day in high school, we where asked to stand in front of the instrument we would like to play. Of course, there was
a crowd surrounding the drums, guitars, saxophones, trumpets, percussion, and woodwinds, but not one person...