 The first thing that got me in the music was I wanted to be a drummer and I finally got a drum set and I played it for a day and my parents came downstairs and they said, there's no way, there's no way it's way too loud. Why don't you get a guitar and then I got it and I was hooked. From the moment I picked up a guitar it was like I had a new lease on music because I would get these old records, you know, the who and the employed and all this stuff and I would just, I would hear the playing and I would absorb it. And it almost turned into like an unhealthy obsession. Once I got to Stevie Ray Vaughn it was over. That was when the bridge broke, there was no turning back. Currently at the moment I'm using the Black Star Artist 30 and also the Series 150 Whitehead. It's like the best of both worlds because with the Series 1, you know, it takes me right into rock world and I can basically get any tone off that as well and it's just a little more power and then the artist is perfect for everything else, from the blues gigs to the small clubs to playing with Zach Wilde at the forum. You know, it fits every stage. If I wasn't a musician, I've always wanted to be a mechanic. I love working with my hands and ever since I could remember I was always tinkering, you know. I drive a classic car now and like it's just one of those, one of my passions. The big thing that made me switch to Black Star was the studio that I started my trio at Swinghouse Studios. They had a load of Black Stars in there, I'd never tried them and I always thought like I wonder what they sound like the first time I plugged into like an artist or like the Series 1s. I was like, oh my god, I don't need anything with this, I can just play. And what I love about them too is being on the road, they're dependable. I've never had one fail on me on the road and that is saying a lot because you know, last year we did over 200 shows from the same amp and it comes down to it's reliable. I always know it's gonna sound good when I plug it in and it's inspiring to play. Black Star amps are perfect for blues because they give you that little extra something. This thing just gives you what you need. It's like any setting I can go on on there. I can get my blues tone, I can get my feel out of it. And it's, there's something to be said when you just have a cable, your guitar and your amp, this has just got plenty of punch to play anything from the Texas stuff to the Chicago stuff to the British blues. It's great. To anyone that's beginning guitar or trying to make this a career or tour or anything, the best piece of advice I could give them is be nice, don't judge people, don't criticize, don't be so quick on everything you do and you don't know everything because I felt that way. And honestly, practice and play what you love, but work hard. And I think that when you have such a strong gut feeling of what you want to do and who you want to be as a musician, that's gonna help out the most. If you want to play punk rock, you go, you know, ride or die. And for me, it was always blues rock.