i grew up on an air force base. i loved the planes flying over. i thought about becoming a pilot. i took ground school. i have an aviation family. my brother is a pilot. my father-in-law worked for boeing. my wife was a flight attendant. i study it. i real a lot of journals. i have done a lot of stories where i have flown in military aircraft. you play the bass guitar. i see one here. where did that start? did you ever think of doing it professionally? in junior high school, i was in the jazz choir. they wanted a rhythm section. i thought i ll play the bass. i went to the pawnshop in sacramento. $60, i bought a bass and a couple books. how hard can it be? i bought bass method books. i figured it out.