CTG

I’ve been singing since before I could talk. My parents got me into piano and music lessons at a very young age. My family is all about music with one uncle who is a jazz musician (Mike Rud), another uncle who is in two rock bands (Tim Rud; Cooler and Playground Hero) and a father who was once the keyboardist Playground Hero! When I was twelve I started writing my own songs, including the verse to our first single, Down by the River. I knew I wanted to be in a band! So, at age fourteen I began jamming with our drummer (some one my mom lined up for me, heaven bless her), Jay Wallace. We became nothing less than best friends pretty quickly and went through a bunch of different members. When I turned sixteen I started having a song writing kick. My songs were just getting better. So, I decided it was time to get serious. We needed members and fast. We found the right bassist when I met Crystal Sherrah, at Stages Dance Company. I remembered thinking that she looked like some one who played an instrument. So she played bass and, out of necessity, I played guitar. The band was doing a lot of dirty work: practising, learning new songs, practising, and did I mention practising? Eventu... more...