John started playing guitar in his teens after hearing Jimi Hendrix's "Greatest Hits" album.   He started as a music major at Pasadena City College around the time Van Halen was starting out.  After seeing Eddie play numerous times in his area, he realized he may not have what it would take to make a living as a guitar player alone.  (good choice)  He switched majors to Television Engineering (another passion) and ended up at ABC where he worked as a sound engineer on hundreds of sit-coms, soap operas, dramatic productions, NEWS shoots and award shows.  Then after working as a post production mixer, he eventually went into management.  Even though music was not his profession, he continued to play, (putting in the 10,000 hours) then producing and recording others until...   In 2018, he retired from Disney/ABC and a year later rebuilt his (Indian Hills) recording studio to again pursue his passion for producing, writing, playing and recording music. The collaboration with some really talented songwriters and musicians began and hasn't stopped yet...    Let's see where it goes...