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\"About<\/a><\/p>\n

About Joshua (In His Own Words):<\/h2>\n

I began playing music at a very young age.\u00a0 My very first instrument was a bass guitar, which was a Christmas present from my Mom. I was 12 years old, but I remember the excitement like it was yesterday.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t know for sure that a bass guitar was under the Christmas tree that year, but the awkward size of the box she had it wrapped in was a dead give away.<\/p>\n

With three weeks to go before Christmas morning, the anticipation was shear agony.\u00a0 There it was, staring me in the face, day after day, begging me to open it.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t take it anymore \u2013 that box, in all of its awkward glory, was calling my name,\u00a0 and it needed to be opened.<\/p>\n

But what if it wasn\u2019t the guitar I had been asking Santa for? What if it was a hockey stick? A lamp? A train set? A giant box of underwear? \u201cThat would suck\u201d I remember thinking. Just too many questions, and there was only one way to find out.\u00a0 I had already made the decision, and I, was on a mission.<\/p>\n

As soon as I heard the car start, and my Mom drive away for work that day, I ran into the living room, and tore it open.\u00a0 My adrenaline pumping, and heart racing, I pulled the top off of the box and peeked inside.\u00a0 There it was, a vanilla white, 4 string Kay bass guitar.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t believe my eyes.\u00a0 I pulled it out of the box and played it for at least an hour, maybe more.\u00a0 (I didn\u2019t know what I was doing, but I pretended I did).\u00a0 I put on my own rock show, right there in my own living room.\u00a0 Jumping off of the furniture like a rock star, and pretending I was shredding a mean guitar solo for a packed house.\u00a0 Boy, am I glad nobody was around to see that.<\/p>\n

After coming back to reality, I realized I had a small dilemma on my hands.\u00a0 I needed to make it look like it never happened.\u00a0 I did my best to wrap it back up, and placed it back under the Christmas tree.\u00a0 It was painfully obvious, beings how I hadn\u2019t taken much time to *carefully* unwrap my new found joy, the box looked, well.. like it had been wrapped by a 12 year old.<\/p>\n

This went down on at least 3 separate occasions before Christmas morning.\u00a0 Looking back I\u2019m certain she knew, she probably knew all along.\u00a0 She never did say anything about it, until Christmas morning.<\/p>\n

That morning I made sure to put on a good show, after all \u2013 I had made it this far, it was go big, or go home.\u00a0 As I frantically tried to tear through my expert level wrapping job, she said to me with a smile I\u2019ll never forget, \u201cThere is an awful lot of tape on that one, wouldn\u2019t you say?\u201d<\/p>\n

I later took my first lesson from my Mom’s brother, my Uncle Steven. \u00a0From then on I continued to learn on my own. \u00a0Being the very visual and hands on learner that I am, it was only a matter of time before I was drawn to percussion.<\/p>\n

As the years went by I jumped around from bass, to guitar, and eventually drums. \u00a0Art, Music, Poetry, you name it – creativity runs deep within my family. \u00a0However I am proud to say that I am the only drummer.<\/p>\n

Becca<\/h2>\n

The song “Becca” is very near and dear to my heart. \u00a0My Mother, Rebecca passed away February 8th, 2012 very suddenly, and totally unexpected. \u00a0She was a single parent, and I was an only child. \u00a0Needless to say, we were very close. \u00a0My world changed, in an instant.<\/p>\n

She loved to write – thoughts, poems, prayers. \u00a0To make a long story short, after she passed, I found bittersweet joy in digging through mounds of her writing. \u00a0That was when this was found:<\/p>\n

\"moms_poem\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0Thanks for stopping by, and for letting us, (me) pour our hearts out. \u00a0You’ve made it all the way to the bottom! \u00a0Please send us your comments and questions via the Contact form<\/a>, or on our Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

p.s. You can also check out other music I’ve written or covered on my Soundcloud page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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