Greetings from Tennessee.
Because we live in a first-name world (every document and form we complete requires our first name), the document world knows me as "Gordon", but I actually go by my middle name: "Patrick". My grandkids call me "Patch". You can call me anything but late for supper.
I started playing the piano at about five and the guitar at 11. I joined the Navy in 1975, auditioned for the Navy's music program, was accepted as a guitarist, and went through the Navy School of Music during the summer of 1976. I graduated at the top of my class and was assigned to the lead guitar slot with the CINCLANTFLT (Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet, now FLEET FORCES) rock band. We toured the eastern USA, north Atlantic, Caribbean and Europe relentlessly. I had the best job the U.S. military has to offer.
Post-Navy I attended night school to learn how to write computer programs. I subsequently enjoyed a long career as an I.T. nerd specializing in the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) niche.
Now retired, I've turned my attention back to gigging (which I understand extremely well), teaching guitar and piano (which I've been doing for more than 50 years), and am exploring home recording, which I understand barely, if at all. I currently have a Rickenbacker 4001 stereo bass, two Les Pauls, a
Casio PX-5S, a
Korg Kronos X, and an old acoustic guitar suitable mainly for singing around a campfire. I'm "running" (if you can call pulling up the DAW and looking at the display "running")
Ableton Live.
I very much look forward to absorbing the atmosphere, knowledge and wisdom this forum doubtless dispenses.
This is far more information than anyone requested. Thank you for reading, and all the best!
GPB