Born in Borneo, Malaysia, currently based in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Started playing guitar at age ten. In 1975, won second prize in a Malaysian national competition, performing two original compositions.

Went to New Zealand in 1976 to study law. Switched to music a year later.

Won the National Cup of the New Zealand Federation of Classical Guitar Societies in 1978, went on a national concert tour.

Traveled through England and Europe and studied composition at Darmstadt International School for New Music and at Robert Schumann Institut in Duesseldorf, Germany. Performed in numerous cities throughout Germany.

Took a sabbatical from the classical guitar to study jazz in Boston in 1983. Formed a jazz trio and four-piece group, performing jazz standards and original compositions.

Gave up the bohemian lifestyle and settled on the Texas Gulf coast, in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1988 to teach guitar at Del Mar College and Texas A&M University/CC.

From 1989 through 1998, toured Texas and the Midwestern states extensively as an artist for the Texas Commission on the Arts and the Mid-American Arts Alliance.

1990 through 1992, Guitar Forum Editor for the American String Teacher. Wrote several articles for the magazine: The Sonata Eroica: The Case for its Authenticity; Projection on the Guitar; and Teaching Classical Guitar at the College level.

Other publications: Bach's Method of Transcription. (Soundboard); Bachs Transkriptionsmethode (Gitarre und Laute); Mauro Giulianis Gran Sonata Eroica-authentisch oder nicht? (Gitarre und Laute); and Slurring Practices in Baroque Guitar and Lute Music (Soundboard).

Released CDs: J S Bach: New Transcriptions for Guitar in 1994; Stream of Consciousness, an album of originals in 1997; and Chopin: Nocturnes in 2004.

Currently, documenting his guitar playing experiences in a series of books titled The Art of Virtuosity.