I'm lucky to be in a profession where you can keep getting better.
So I went into jazz and performed in jazz clubs all over the country.
I decided during my teens that I wasn't going to have the life of a concert pianist, much to the chagrin of a lot of people who had put a lot of money into me!
Since I was the solo artist as well as the writer for the songs, I figured I had enough credits on it already.
My background was in performing originally.
To put it in musician's terms, my chops are good.