David Telles:  

Life I went to U of MD after Churchill High school but only for a year before changing majors and going to Westminster conservatory to study music and become disillusioned. It was there that, whilst working in the music library to earn drug money and avoid meaningful labor, I had an epiphany; Singing classical music is really hard! I just didn't have the pipes to match the genius of Mozart, Beethoven, Puccini,Verdi or the rest. So.... off to Boston to join a band and learn the traditional techniques of piano finishing. This was in the early '80s and the popular music scene in Boston was booming. I hooked up with Craig Weisbaum and played in bands there and worked at this great piano shop and generally had a ball. I later moved back to the D.C. area to pursue a career in procrastination. This induced me to remain in music as a singer and guitar player and, in fact, go on the road with several bands over the next 15 years. I subsequently moved to L.A. where I played guitar in studio sessions, in clubs, and arenas both in the states and Japan. I had a fair amount of success in "the business". But in '94, I moved back East in the middle of this to care for my dad who was dying of cancer. After that, I hadn't the heart or the interest to return to California and instead went into institutional Pharmacy services and became an account ma...Expand for more