Tim Began playing Music in the third grade, playing the Clarinet and oboe with the school band. He fell in love with the Bass guitar in the eighth grade after hearing the Motown sounds of James Jamerson and the funk-licks of Larry Graham of "Sly and The Family Stones". Thinking to himself "I can do that!..." he talked his parents into buying him a Bass Guitar. self-taught, Tim spent many hours in his room "WOOD_SHEDDING" along to the albums of Larry Graham and Stanley Clark. Through the Years Tim has been influenced by "Tower Of Power", "Blood, Sweet And Tears", "Chicago", "and numerous other funk and Jazz Groups. In high school Tim put the Clarinet aside and joined an R&B Group called "Windstorm", they played locally around Oakland. Tim left the group to begin college at UC Berkeley, to peruse an engineering degree. While at Berkeley Tim played Bass for the college Jazz Band and latter landed a gig playing in a Sam Shepherd Play called "The Tooth Of Crime". Since finishing his degree at San Jose State Tim's Bass playing has been strictly for pleasure, jamming with the guys in M3-5X and in his Church.