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I great up in NY in the 70's in the wild west. I worked on the streets, and lived a strange life with my mother dying when I was one year old, I soon learned to fend for myself. I like to self reliant, then I can help others. Then I went to the University of Nevada in Las Vegas and lived in California for a while. Then I lived in Europe for 12 years.

I didn't own a phone or a TV for 15 years because I was always travelling. You don't learn 4 Languages from sitting at home on your ass watching TV! I did that by travelling. The whole idea of a journey should be NOT having a plan that gets in the way of fun, music, and potential. I never let the original plan keep me from learning and opportunity. Why bother booking a return flight? I probably won't come back.

I was a manager at PBS FM for 4 years, now I mostly play guitar and tour, but whe I am in Melbourne, I work part time for JMC Academy, an entertainment university that does university courses for audio engineering, TV production, performance and music business management.

I play with The Vagrants Have played too many gigs to remember, including major Australian festivals, European and American tours. www.thevagrants.com.au
and I write for Faster Louder becuase I love the site, and love the Australian music scene. I hope I can help to put you on to some music that you will enjoy for life.

• Ben Harper, 
• Allman Brothers, 
• K-ocilate, 
• True Live, 
• Rich Webb, 
• Baby Animals, 
• Kraftwerk, 
• U2, 
• P Funk, 
• James Brown, 
• Miles Davis, 
• and Bach

• Zoolander, 
• The Anchorman, 
• Jagged Edge, 
• Murder of Crows, 
• Green Mile, 
• True Lies, 
• A History of Violence

David Yallop ( all of them) Tom Robbins,  Jitterbug Perfume,  Skinny Legs and all,  Kurt Vonnegut,  Slaughterhouse 5