Page 22 - Poze Magazine Vol.36

Beginning of Music Journey

Since Card was raised on classical music and is classically trained, he also counts among
his influences the great composers Bach, Handel, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Albéniz,
Strauss, Wagner, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky and others.

Card's lifelong journey into music began at about 4 years of age. His parents kept a large
organ in their home in Paramus, New Jersey which he would often play on. Card recalls: "I
felt an amazing, strange connection with those sounds and vibrations that would transport
me into otherworldly dimensions, as I felt increasingly possessed by a dark and powerful
entity.." He started
taking rock guitar

lessons at about
12 years of age
and became
proficient in a
short time.
Card also began
playing piano
when he was
17. Card was
consistently
encouraged by his
parents, peers,

friends, teachers
and cheering
audiences to
continue, which
he did.. Card won
first place at the
Veterans
Administration

talent show in March 2012. That same year, he met with Jefferson Airplane founder Jorma
Kaukonen at his Fur Peace Ranch blues guitar camp in Ohio. Card performed his acoustic

song "Diane" there and played it with the Jorma. "It's a beautiful song" Jorma remarked.
Between then and now, Card has performed at several soirées across the country, and a
televised performance on live cable TV via satellite for Mountain Top Music in the North
Country with a very positive reception.