Foreword

It was Spring 2006 when I was set to play my final show with my local band called “Graystar.” I was going to tell the guys the next day that I would be leaving the band with an uncertain future in site. The only thing I knew was that I wanted to be a professional musician and use the guitar as my passport to travel the world. By the end of the show, I was speaking to the bass player of what I considered to be a real, worldwide, international touring act called LoveHateHero, as I was told that they were in need of a new lead guitar player to write and record on the group’s next record. Needless to say, I was all in. There was no other option for me. I was going to move from my small suburban town in Upstate New York to the massive ...

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