I was born in Dallas, Texas, on the 22nd of December 1972. ?I have a brother John, and sister Cheryl, with me being the youngest. ?I learned to play the keyboard at the age of eight. My parents divorced about this time. Mom would later marry Dale Castles. This added another brother, Bryan ‘bc’ and 2 more sisters, Kimberly and Christina. My step-father’s career took our family all over Texas, and we had to learn to make friends and leave friends fast, however I never abandoned music. I attended schools in many cities in Texas. I was advised music should be just a hobby, but I started writing anyways. I drew my musical influences from bands like Genesis, Howard Jones, and Information Society. In the mid nineties I played Friday nights at church in front of a small crowd, on a synthesizer. This was quite contrary to the usual couple of guys strumming guitars or singing to backup tapes. In 1997 I made my living working for Honda, in Dallas.?Whilst there, I would stay up late at night writing and recording. I used to play live for a hand full of people over the Internet. It was about this same time period when I met Marty Sims, the bass player for a Dallas based cover rock band, 'Group Therapy'. I thought it would be good experience and we ended up playing together. One night we were performing and after a break I went into a solo without the band accompanying me. I had the audience’s attention. I remember that everyone was suddenly up and dancing, but the band got really irritated at me doing this. Feeling tension and having little freedom to be expressive, I decided to leave the band and work towards playing on my own. ??I have invested the last few years into writing and recording. In October 2006 I finished 'Big Deal', a collection of electronic songs. My first solo gig was on May 27th 2007 at the Curtain Club in Dallas along with 7 other bands. Jerrymarkhammusic.com came online on the same weekend. ??Late 2008 I completed the soundtrack for author Adie Bishop's book called 'Rock A Bye'. Be sure to check it out here. The first months of 2009 have been very hectic. A new album is being recorded and live dates are being planned. Keep an eye out for newsletters and blogs throughout the year for more details. http://www.jerrymarkhammusic.com