I was interested in music and writing from a very early age, finding the music of Beethoven and the novels of Jules Verne while still in kindergarten. These works exerted a powerful influence on my imagination, so much so that my teachers were often concerned about my Quixotic, dreamy nature. In music school, my art became more and more of a spiritual quest with me coming to certain definite ideas about the nature of art and inspiration; by that I mean that we do live in a 'friendly universe' and "The very fact of your existence indicates that you have a purpose" (Dr. Wayne Dyer). I attended the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore Md. and, after graduating, I returned to the west coast where I played in several professional symphony orchestras as well as a number of new music groups. I began to write and record my own music and now I have two CDs available on Amazon and iTunes; Tea with the Alien is a collection of New Age music flights of fantasy and Charm City is an instrumental album of jazz/pop with electric guitar and combo and some solo piano. I have written two books; Tea with the Alien and Being the Superstar That You Truly Are which is soon to be available on Amazon. You can go to my Official Artist Website; http://www.dizzyobrian.com to find out more about all this stuff.