Well, I was very lucky to grow up surrounded by music. My parents took me to tons of shows and started me with classical piano lessons around age 4 (1974). Through the years I learned Bass, Drums, as well as multi-track recording, synthesizers and drum machines, and anything else I could get my hands on. My folks bought me whatever musical equipment they could and I never left my room.

I was also very influenced by radio back in the 70's and 80's… mostly pop, soul, and R&B. I was especially intrigued by the DJ mixes I heard on Urban Radio… and this fairly new music called hip-hop. When I was in 7th grade I met my best friend Dax and we began sharing and writing music with each other. We also started recording songs on cassette from records and the radio, making our own 'mixes' by using the pause button, and even opening up cassettes and splicing and reversing them. I was the little nerdy kid who played instruments and started hanging out with all the kids doing this thing called 'Breakdancing'. One day I met a kid from another school who held the same status with his friends. His name was Mike Poy and he was the best DJ I have heard to this day. I've always wondered what happened to him. He started teaching me to scratch and mix records and I became obsessed. I started DJing all the house parties, school dances, weddings and anywhere I could. I'd take UTFO, Run DMC, Kurtis Blow, and Full Force records and scratch my mom's Glen Campbell, Roger Whitaker, and Johnny Cash over it. During this time I met a radio DJ at MAJIC 102-Houston and he introduced me to the world of radio. As I went through school I continued playing parties and weddings and started to learn about radio and nightclubs. When I was 15 I went to a club called NRG. Joy Division and Depeche Mode were being played, and the music never stopped. I found the DJ whose name was Michael DeGrace (still playing to this day) and befriended him. I learned all about beatmixing, building up a crowd, etc. Through the years I made my way into various clubs, bars, and even restaurants going from new wave, to industrial, to soul, to this new thing called house music. I loved it all, I wanted to share it all, and I wanted everyone else to love it as well. One of the first clubs I played was the original Lizard Lounge in a strip center in Houston. I think I got grounded for sneaking out my window to do it.

I don't know why, but I always knew I would be in radio. I looked at it as another way to share music with the world. I was never great in school, and after about 6 weeks of college I quit to attend a broadcasting school. I already knew a lot about radio from a friend, so after completing the course for 3 months, they sent me to an interview with a country radio station. I got the job and after 1 ½ years I was hired at KLOL, a legendary Houston rock station. I worked as an on-air DJ, but with my multi-track background I found I was really good at producing radio commercials and IDs as well. After a couple years I got fired and left radio to work as a DJ/ Entertainment Director for Club Med Resorts in 5 different countries, which was some of the best DJ experience I've ever had. Play records for a dance floor consisting of 35% New Yorkers, 35% French, 10% Haitians, 10% Germans, and 10% everything else, and you will DEFINITELY learn how to move people… or you'll get booed in many languages! After realizing I was becoming a beach bum, I came back to KLOL, got fired again two years later (that's radio for you) and moved to Dallas. I made radio commercials, produced Arena Cross racing shows, created a name and concept for a nightclub and opened it, got out due to a VERY shady business partner, and got back into radio at 92.5 KZPS. After several years of working for Clear Channel, I finally got out and am now employed at 100.3 JACK-FM… and VERY excited about it.