INSTRUMENT: BASS-MAN AND DRUMS USING AN AMERICAN STANDARD 5 STRING FENDER AND DAVE'S DRUM KIT...(NOT AT THE SAME TIME BUT I AM WORKING ON IT).

WHY: I STARTED PLAYING THE BASS BECAUSE I COULDN'T GET MY FINGERS TO MAKE GUITAR CHORDS. BESIDES, MY BROTHERS NEEDED THE LOW RHYTHMIC TONES FOR THEIR GARAGE BAND, IRON DAISIES.

I ALWAYS WANTED TO PLAY DRUMS LIKE MY OLDEST BROTHER JON. HOWEVER, DAD WANTED ME TO LEARN THE PIANO FIRST. SO MY VERY FIRST MUSICAL INSTRUCTOR WAS MY FATHER. IN THE FIFTH GRADE, I TOOK A MUSICAL ABILITY TEST TO SEE WHAT INSTRUMENT I COULD PLAY IN THE SCHOOL BAND. ACCORDING TO THE TEST, I WAS RHYTHMICALLY DEFICIENT SO MY PARENTS ENCOURAGED ME TO LEARN THE TRUMPET. HOWEVER, IT DIDNT' TAKE ME LONG TO PICK UP THE DRUM STICKS AND LEARN FROM MY DRUMMING OLDER BROTHERS.

FAVORITE SONG ON THE CD: OBSTACLES IS A SMASHINGLY GREAT SONG NOT ONLY BECUASE I REALLY LIKE THE HOOK AND ACCOMPANYING INSTRUMENTATION BUT BECAUSE OF THE MESSAGE THE SONG CONVEYS. FAITH IN GOD IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CAN HOLD ONTO EVEN WHEN LIFE DOESN'T NECESSARILY SEEM TO COOPERATE.