BETA Records - Your music matters!

I was born and raised in San Diego where I grew up listening to Big Band, and Mexican music that my Father always had playing. As I got older I got into Classic Rock, 70's & 80's Old School, Funk, Disco, and R&B Soul. I remember hearing groups like Average White Band, Earth Wind and Fire, and Chicago on the radio and noticed the horns and I decided I wanted to learn how to play the Sax. I joined band class in middle school and played Sax until I got to High School. I quit band because it wasn't concidered cool so I started playing the songs that I liked at home from records. I didn't really play that much until 1996 around the time that my Mother passed away. I noticed that playing my Sax helped me go through the pain a little easier. A girlfriend that I was seeing took me to a family reunion in Palm Springs and entered me in the talent show. When I heard all the people clapping and cheering for me, I knew I wanted to play on stage in a band. So I joined a few bands where I played at some local events and street fairs in San Diego. My most memorable gigs were when I played at the "BB Kings Blues club in Hollywood", and Opening for "Morris Day and the Time"