A classically trained musician, he began playing the piano at an early age. When he was young his family moved to southern California, where he dove deep into the world of rock music as a teenager and played guitar in several bands, producing a few records. He enrolled in the Berklee College of Music in the spring of 2007, dual-majoring in Music Synthesis and Contemporary Writing & Production. He has since become heavily involved in electronic music production, using computer programs such as Logic Pro, and Pro Tools, and also designing his own using Max/MSP/Jitter, and Csound. He is the 2010 recipient of The Roland Award from The Music Technology Division of The Berklee College of Music. He is currently in the prospect of graduating, after which he plans to enroll in a graduate school to further pursue the study of electronic music.