After 28 years as a high school and college math teacher, Gary has left the teaching field to pursue music full-time. He loved teaching and he loved math, but always felt like he was neglecting his music, which was his original career-choice. He has been playing guitar since he was 10 years old and writing music since he was 13. By the time he was 16 he knew he wanted to be a composer and songwriter, but never quite figured out how to make a living at that, and soon had family responsibilities; so he and his late, beautiful wife, Donna, became teachers.