I am very aware of how my musical efforts have enhanced my other professional endeavors ... and vice versa. As a young man, I worked a variety of day jobs and spent my real energies pursuing my musical works. In those days I learned, in addition to developing my music and performance craft, Sound Reinforcement equipment, band or people 'management', and some level of business skills. When I moved into the corporate world these valuable skills helped me manage big projects, large teams of people, nerve racking problems and creative solutions. Even big, complex computer systems (my professional area) are not much different from large complex sound systems. Computer programs are very much like songs or musical scores. Programming staffs are very much like a group of talented musicains trying work together as a band. To me, many of the lessons learned in one area are directly applicable in the other.