Instrument:
guitar. specifically, a Santana SE PRS or an old '70s Electra through a line 6 pod, and a Trace Elliot "Tramp" or a vox cambridge amp, and occasionally a Taylor W14C through a Digitech RP7 and a Trace Elliot acoustic amp. and i sing loudly through my Scope scented Beta58. (really, i soaked the mic grill in Scope because it smelled bad. now it's like singing and gargling at the same time...)

Music Experience:
i picked up bass guitar at age 13, harmonica at 14, acoustic guitar at 15, piano at 16, then drums and other toys. actually minored in music in college. a vocal minor. so i had to sing operas and stuff. but i swear, the vocal pedagogy that i learned has allowed me to learn how to make it through 3 and 4 hour gigs.

Influences: i started out an acoustic guitar player and singer/songwriter type. my initial influences, and some current, are scott dente, dave matthews, ani difranco, steven chapman, and early wes king. the way that Scott Dente and Ani Difranco violently attacked their acoustic guitars inspired me to try rock and roll on acoustic. i have since picked up the electric and am now like a little wide eyed kid. whenever i play, and particularly, when i solo, i try to think, what would Miles Davis, or John Scofield do right now? Miles has taught me much about saying something with your instrument. Knowing when to speak, knowing when to be silent, knowing where to place a comma, and so on. Other influences include Sting, U2, Goo Goo Dolls, Jimmy Eat World, Foo Fighters, Keane, Coldplay, VAST, Phil Keaggy, Over the Rhine, Train, The 77s, John Scofield and Howie Day.

Favorite Albums:
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Radiohead - OK Computer
Rich Mullins - Liturgy, Legacy, and a Reggamuffin Band
U2 - Unforgettable Fire
U2 - Joshua Tree

Favorite Authors/Books:
Francis Schaeffer, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Leland Ryken, C. S. Lewis,
and, i confess, Walter Farley.

Hobbies: raquetball, watching films, playing w/ my dog,
"taylor," playing on my computer, and making beautiful
"music" with my wife.

Favorite Food:
brownie sundae. Papa Johns pizza with sausage. Pineapple soda. About anything Italian.