RIP Harry Forbes

​RIP Harry. Harry Forbes was one of the most positive influences in my life. At the tender age of 13 he set me on my life's course. It went like this. At our first meeting I had a guitar and 4 chords in my pocket. My entire repertoire consisted of "The Monster Mash." (Giving up the guitar was one of my best career moves, Harry later remarked.) Anyhow in the corner of the classroom, there was this thing with wires hanging out. I said, "Harry, what's that?", "It's a synthesizer." What does it do?". "It does this." At that moment, my life's trajectory changed. I came home from the experience and grandly announced to my astonished parents, "I'm going to be a musician like Harry." Fifty two years later, I'm still playing synthesizers and I'm still a musician.
I'm so grateful to have been in his orbit.