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"My earliest recollection of music
was the gospel and folk music from church. The whole family sang and played
instruments. Grampa Huffaker played a mean fiddle, by the way, and I think
I have probably sung every hymn ever written. At age five I started with
piano lessons and was trained on classical music . By the time I was 17
I was composing ochestral scores. |
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I
taught myself to play guitar so I could play along with the harmonies
and voicing of the Beatles, the rhythms of Creedance Clearwater Revival
and the energy of the Doobie Brothers (the early stuff anyway). BTO, ELO,
Boston and Uriah Heap. I listened to everything I could get my hands on.
I wore out records to learn the tunes.
Then there was Elton
John. A fellow piano player. Rock was a whole new game for me and my songwriting
turned away from classical.
The advent of the synth
was a big change in my world and I learned how to use computers to help
me create music. My world expanded in time with hard-drives and bus speeds.
All in the name of music.
MIDI and the digital
age have helped to keep my musical exploration going. If all I could ever
do was to make music, I’d be happy. Whether its been writing scores
for video or DVD, producing internet A/V or making a CD with Venus Vain,
I still just basically love rock-n-roll." |
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