Andrew Tirpak:  

Since Highschool, I've been to college, played music in a couple of different countries, coached baseball at Southwestern, San Diego City Colleges, and Francis Parker School, for 22 years. Youth baseball from 1978 to 1988 at Santana National LL. Taught guitar, bass, and songwriting,( the ORIGINAL school of rock) at Parker for 5 years, along with private lessons at several locations in san Diego County. Played adult league, and semi-pro baseball from 1988 to 2003, as a pitcher/infielder/outfielder. I do baseball clinics all over the country, including Alaska, and Hawaii. Musically, I play lead guitar and sing in several bands(why not?) play classic rock, country, funk, some jazz, and am working on a cd project of original songs with the Stars on the Water band. Bands I play with include: Stars, Laguna(classic rock) The Offbeats, Kicks, plus acoustic versions of those bands. I've been a songwriter since highschool, as well. Four years ago, I was able, through classmates.com to connect with Vicki English, our classmate, and she is the love of my life. She moved down from Oregon in the fall of 2008, and we are finally together. Long distance relationships can be tough! The saga continues, and we hope to have our own house soon. You can visit my bands at their websites...they won't let me post them here. It's been a long t...Expand for more