About | Derek SiversTime line for context: 1969: born in Berkeley, California 1971: moved to Chicago 1973: moved to Menlo Park, California 1975: moved to Abingdon, England 1976: moved to Hinsdale, Illinois 1977: started playing piano, viola, and clarinet 1979: got a TRS-80 computer and dove deep into programming in BASIC 1983: started playing guitar, decided I wanted to be a successful musician 1987: moved to Boston
