The Solo Album

You will stop and wonder how one person can produce so much music with just one voice and one instrument.

—California Bluegrass Association

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Obligatory Third-Person Bio

Born in Santa Cruz in 1986, Luke and his brother Kyle have been playing music longer than they can remember. Their parents were not musically talented, but they hoped music could become a shared family tradition. So they began having a regular "family music hour" where the kids were encouraged to pick up instruments that mom and dad strategically left lying around the house. Luke and Kyle never took music lessons (they were completely homeschooled, in fact), but they soon began advancing very rapidly on their instruments, simply by imitating what they heard and experimenting with new sounds.

In 1997, the family discovered bluegrass, and their life's course was changed forever. By 2001, their family band was performing weekly on the streets of Santa Cruz, and they released the first edition of their songbook and learning method (a project which eventually grew into The ToneWay Project).

Luke still lives in Santa Cruz with his family, where he works on the ToneWay Project and other family enterprises. Music remains an enjoyable hobby for Luke, not something he wants to be doing full-time. He continues to perform weekly on the streets of Santa Cruz with his family band, and usually plays several other gigs (solo and with other musicians) a year.

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