My Guitar obsession began many years ago when my friend Chuck asked me to go to a concert to see Joe Satriani. At the time I had never heard of Joe Satriani or had heard any of his music. The night of the concert came and I was so blown away by Satriani's guitar playing I bought a guitar the very next day. I became obsessed with the guitar right away and it just took over my life! My influences are: Joe Satriani, Greg Howe, Paul Gilbert, John Petrucci, Richie Kotzen, Eric Johnson, Blues Saraceno, Steve Vai, Eddie Van Halen, Larry Mitchell and many more. I am also influenced by a lot of Blues and Country players such as: SRV, Jeff Healey, Gary Moore, Albert King, Chris Duarte and Brad Paisley.