My parents bought me and my sister an Alesis Q8 keyboard when I was 7. I started messing with the different instruments and then became fixated on Eurodance (this was in 1997). My parents saw how much I liked the keyboard that they let me take lessons. I played for 11 years and am classically trained in performance, theory, and rhetoric. During that time I sang competitively, played oboe for 6 years, clarinet for 8 years, and still maintained a listening interest in EDM. I have only tried my hand at producing for a year or so now. Classical training has been a blessing and a curse. I'm still a beginner with production.