Born in Omaha Nebraska and raised in San Antonio Texas, John began playing piano at seven. His style developed in his early teens, while studying under San Antonio-based jazz pianist Nobuko Utterback.

During the mid- 1980’s, John began to work with a variety of bands playing rock, funk, blues and fusion music. In 1991, after completing his Bachelor’s degree in studio art, John moved to South Korea to teach English. He eventually joined a Korean group called Joybox, whose pop single “Special” made it to #23 in the K-Pop charts in 2000.

Now adding acoustic guitar to his repertoire, John records in his makeshift home studio, and records tunes that reflects his earlier musical roots of low-fi indie songs, with slight touches of folk and world music.

The eleven-song CD Again and Again stems from songs written and recorded by John from 1996 through 2009. Using such instruments as toy drums, toy keyboards and ethnic instruments, John attempts to create songs for those who are approaching or passing middle