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I think once I started writing my own music and having my own bands, that's when I got more of a focus on what I wanted to do, personally.

My musical education started in the limelight, because I found myself surrounded by real musicians, but after my career had taken off.

I started getting into Internet technologies and computers. I wasn't especially interested in being a musician, but I wound up finding my way back to being interested in music through computers.

Well, I actually first got into music as a small child, and as I became a teen, I sought out making money from music, weather that was singing lounge gigs, backup in studios, or weddings.

I gave up on music. I still love to play, but it's too hard to make a living. And I think that was a mature decision to make.

Music has always been a large part of my life, and I'm very fortunate to be able to start a career doing something I love.

I wanted to play in a band, and I wanted to do music for a living, and that's what I dedicated my life to.

In the 2000s, I became an artist. I started preserving and educating. I became more obsessed with making iPod playlists for people.

Before I'd even started doing music or having opportunities with my own music, I was studying production and business and stuff anyway. I knew there were so many jobs within the music industry - songwriting or session playing or working at a label - and I was really interested in how it all works.

I grew up with music very much in my life. I achieved success by combining my training as an accountant with my family upbringing and love of music.