Brian Payne:  

Life After High School graduation, I moved to Columbia, SC and went to USC on a Vocal Scholarship. Music took me to a lot of new states and countries singing and it was wonderful. I spent three years as a Music Education major but eventually changed my major to Journalism. I actually paid for college by working several jobs(construction, carpet cleaner, barbecue cook, sound system manager, government staffer, Church Choir. . . ) , but the majority of my income came from singing in a band. My first band at USC actually released a decent demo cassette (yes cassette, I'm old) in '92. A three piece band I was in was actually offered a "tentative (at best)" recording deal by two labels, London and Island records. However, a few weeks later we dis-banded. It was probably for the best! In '93 I graduated college and started working at the local NBC affiliate. I also started freelancing for various sports networks covering all college sports as well as professional football, basketball and hockey. I was also offered a few jobs in D.C., Atlanta and New York, but in '95 I met someone who ruined my career, for the best, so I stayed in Columbia. I married her in April of '97. I bought my first house in '98 and a few weeks after we moved in I found an 11 week old puppy floating in a canal. He was essentially my first born child and is still with us. In '03 I received an Emmy (Southeastern Regional) for working on a winning News...Expand for more