CHILDHOOD (‘92-’08)

  • STARTED PLAYING PIANO AT AGE 4

  • MOVED TO CALIFORNIA FROM ILLINOIS AT AGE 6

  • ALWAYS LISTENING TO STEVIE WONDER + AL GREEN

  • DAD JOINED A CHURCH BAND & I GOT TO ENJOY THE HANG

TEENS (‘08-’11)

  • SWITCHED TO GUITAR AT AGE 13

  • MET MY 1ST GIRLFRIEND /MUSE/OTHER HALF /FUTURE WIFE

  • STARTED WRITING POETRY AND SONGS IMMEDIATELY AFTER

  • STARTED MY FIRST REAL BAND - STOMPING GROUNDS

COLLEGE (‘11-’14)

  • GOT 3 SCHOLARSHIPS TO CABRILLO COLLEGE

  • STARTED PLAYING LOCAL BARS AND A FEW GIGS IN SF

  • GOT MY FIRST ENGINEERING JOB AT BURL AUDIO

  • GOT ENGAGED (& SUBSEQUENTLY MARRIED!)

  • RECORDED MY FIRST ALBUM

ADUTLING/TRIAL + ERROR

(‘14-’24)

  • MOVED TO OHIO...THEN AUSTIN...THEN LA...THEN WASHINGTON...

  • WORKED AT STARBUCKS…MUSIC GO ROUND…MANLEY LABS…

  • 1ST SOLO CAREER ATTEMPT AS “WANDER DAZE”...

  • …RECORDED 2 SOLO ALBUMS UNDER THAT MONIKER…MEH

  • STARTED HANGIN AT THE FED IN HOLLYWOOD

  • WELCOMED MY SON INTO THE WORLD! (DURING COVID!!!)

PROPER ALIGNMENT

(‘23- CURRENT)

  • MOVED TO THE MOJAVE DESERT AND EXCAVATED MY SOUL

  • WELCOMED MY DAUGHTER INTO THE WORLD!

  • FOUND MY VOICE AS AN ARTIST - BECAME “TONE E-O”

  • BUILT MY HOME STUDIO (THANKS TO MY WIFE)

  • MADE AN INSTRUMENTAL EP “POSER” IN ‘23

  • MADE MY 1ST REAL ALBUM “AVERAGE SWIMMERS” IN ‘25