I graduated college with a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, and worked as a design engineer for several large companies. I moved to the San Francisco Area in 1966 to work as a design engineer for Ampex. However, after a few years, I figured out that I liked using the equipment more than I liked designing it, so I went to work for KQED-TV designing and building specialized equipment in its experimental days. From there I freelanced in video engineering for many years (still do occasionally for fun) including being one of the founders of One Pass Video, the first film-style video production house in San Francisco. I also worked on field crews for shows such as 60 Minutes, and other news and sports shows. However, my abiding interests have always been in music and sound recording. I grew up playing piano and later banjo and guitar. Growing up in Northern Virginia, I was exposed to bluegrass and folk music and by the time I hit college, I was thoroughly hooked!

When I moved to the West Coast I found a lot of great musicians who weren't heard much outside of California, so I decided to make a record of my favorite band - Kenny Hall and the Sweets Mill String Band. One record only-that was it! Unfortunately, producing that record hooked me for life. I became a record label and produced 20 albums of folk music up until 1977, when I finally decided for various reasons to call the label part of my life quits. However, in order to make these records I had built a recording studio in my garage. The studio grew and grew, until today it's a full service recording facility. I still keep the old name -Bay Records- from the days when I was a record label. And I still love the music part of the business!