Zen was born in Truro, England on June 15th, 1982. His family moved to the California bay area when he was 13 where he spent most of his teenage years. Zen was raised as a homeschooler and his interest in music - and specifically playing in a band - began when he started attending weekly jam nights at the Riekes Center at age 16 with other local homeschoolers from the community. He started on bass and then began taking guitar lessons at the Center, music theory classes at the local community college and soon formed his own band with fellow Riekes students Matt Henson and Spike.

Since those days Zen has logged considerable hours playing in bands in the bay area and Portland, OR, performed in numerous musical theatre productions and spent a year in Los Angeles attending the Musicians Institute where he completed the GIT (Guitar Institute of Technology) program. He even has a certificate to prove it! The certificates current whereabouts is unknown.

Zen's main musicial interests are song writing, music theory, composition and performance. He also enjoys supporting local and indie music, staffing at the yearly 'Not Back To School Camp' in Oregon for homeschoolers, travelling and performing with his current band - "Please Do Not Fight" - for which he is the primary singer/song-writer.

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