Mike Troutman:  

Life is life. It can be a lot of things but most of all it's perceptual. By the time i was 30 I felt I had done more than most people ever would & was fairly content with things. Mistakes, successes & everything in between guided me, but like everyone else it was how I looked at those things that shaped me (or got me out of shape - it is all about perspective). But philosophical ruminations aren't what most people check out these things for, & being the slave to the masses that I am... I left Harding before I would have graduated (which should explain why most of y'all don't recall me at those senior parties). That was partly to care for relatives who were aged & getting fragile, & partly to start my career. I ended up at CPCC & was working on my AFA (music performance) before I would have gotten a diploma from Harding. (funny how life works sometimes isn't it?). Anyway I got some offers & left school again. I was a professional musician from the time I was 16 until a few years ago. I did other things in between (when gigs dry up musicans will work day jobs ya know), but mainly I was a guitarist. ...Expand for more