About

Business owner by trade, artist by training...musician by soul...I've taken a long and winding road and I'm finally in the middle of somewhere.

I heard Motown and The Beatles and started banging on empty coffee cans when I was about 4. By 12, I played the most awesome air-guitar to Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sounds of Silence". I was waaay too influenced by "The Graduate". My first live gig was playing bass in an 8th grade band, knocking out a holy rendition of "Friend of the Devil" for the monks at my Catholic boarding school. Not long afterwards, Eric Clapton and Duane Allman entered my life, and I've been an almost rock star ever since.

Since"almost rock star" hasn't paid well...I've had a few side jobs. Mostly worked in commercial art & design including 12 years as a pro advertising photographer. I ran a manufacturing company for 6 years, and the last 12 years I'm proud owner of OTI/SMC.

My first, last and in-between is my family: Cheri & Kiddos, Sisters & Bros.