"I started playing guitar at 12, self taught, and I started doing musical theatre at age 5. Theatre is what really taught me how to sing. I joined my first band at 14. I took many music classes at Cabrillo College which really helped me as a musician. I am also grateful to be teaching guitar and music for the past few years as well."

"I first started playing the guitar about 7 years ago in high school out of inspiration and a strong passion for music. I always was curious how the great feeling of listening to music contrasted with creating it. I was raised in a household where my step dad and brother were always playing guitars around me, so naturally I was lured to it. I would pick up an old acoustic guitar lying around the house and teach myself over the course of many years. Later on, I studied Music/Jazz at Cabrillo College and received an Associates Degree in Music."

"I began playing music in 6th grade but it was purely memorization. Sheet music was the only tool I had to express myself musically. I played guitar on and off through high school but not until later on would I fully commit to music in a new way with my discovery of the Grateful Dead. With help from Alex Bahler, who at the time was taking music theory classes, I slowly began to understand the basics and gradually began improvising on the fretboard with the major scale. At this point I was really only practicing with Alex, normally catching a sunset on west cliff and bringing our acoustics guitars. It would be a few years until Alex introduced me to Malakai, who then invited me to play with him and Alex in Love Creek."

"I have been playing professionally since I was 15 years old. A founding member of Those Fusion Guys (The Fusion Cats) for 25 years. I have played in numerous local bands including A Different Drummer and Zayante Station. I played in 3 productions of "Rocky Horror" with Arindam and have embraced the Roland VDrum system."

"I attended CalArts as a music performance major, receiving a full audition-based scholarship. I served as Director/Music Director for countless Musical Theatre productions in Santa Cruz for over 25 years and now play in a couple bands full-time. I am a multi-instrumentalist who began on piano at age 4, and am grateful to be playing keys for Love Creek since its inception."