I started out playing "pans" while I was still at school as a result of the forceful encouragement from some of my friends. It was one instrument I wanted nothing to do with, however, after a few months of learning the basics there was a profound love affair between the pans and I.  

I moved from the 2nd pans to the tenor bass, and then the basses.  I realized that I would find myself working out more melodies than bass while learning a song and subsequently would spend most of the time I had ‘messing’ with the 1st pan and double tenors. Frustratingly, there were so many people wanting to play those pans it was hard to move from the basses. I remember having to wait until some of the older students graduated before I could spend more time on melody pans, and by then I was in love with the deep, yet melodic sound of the double tenors.

I went on to play with many steel bands in Barbados and then on cruise liners. I joined Caribbean Magic and I started playing keyboards in the band, and that was it. I began sequencing and making backing tracks, and before I had noticed what was happening, I had a repertoire of music that would cater to varying audiences and or occasions.

In a nutshell, that's how I started playing the steel drums.

I was also the founder and bass player for the reggae band Storm in Kelowna, BC, Canada.