Edible names are what drives me as a musician. My next band will be called the Hot Dogs.

I'm being a dad and a good husband.

In some of the L.A. clubs, people can act too cool to get into your music. That can get to be a bit much.

Music doesn't solve your problems..but allows you to dance all over them

Sometimes one of us will have a riff or a bass line from home but it really gels when we come together. We really have a strong special chemistry that we take advantage of when we get together.

Playing well with others is important - not being too flashy, just keeping good time and of course coming up with cool beats. A good snare drum, kick drum, high hat. Just getting good at the hand feet coordination.

I was in every band class I could get in, like after school jazz band and marching band, and that's where I really learned to read music from elementary all the way through junior high and high school.