Jason Lee Wanner was born on February 1st, 1978 in Sacramento, CA. Even at such a young age, he was constantly exposed to many different kinds of music. Although neither of his parents were musicians, they were obvious fans of many musical styles, an [+]Jason Lee Wanner was born on February 1st, 1978 in Sacramento, CA. Even at such a young age, he was constantly exposed to many different kinds of music. Although neither of his parents were musicians, they were obvious fans of many musical styles, and so this love was of course bestowed upon their son everyday. Before he could even walk and talk, he received many daily doses of everything from classic country, to folk, classic rock, doo-wop, big band, ragtime, modern jazz, Sousa marches, Strauss waltzes, polka, motown; anyway the list goes on and on.
By the time he was 3 or 4 years old, Jason was playing by ear his Uncle Richard's organ at Grandma's house. Simplistic 4-year-old versions of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer" started to make his parents wonder. The only thing that seemed to be missing was exposure to the modern music of the day.
When Jason started kindergarten, he was a bit "behind" his classmates as far as musical tastes go. He had heard very little music from the 80's at home, but it didn't take him long to start enjoying that as well. It was during this time when one day would change his life forever.
One day at school, the students were required to get their fingerprints taken, and the woman taking Jason's commented on how he had "the fingers of a piano player." Well, Jason already knew that he loved the piano, so he went home and told his parents. They asked if he was interested in taking lessons, to which he replied, "Yeah, I wanna play!"
The lessons began around Jason's 6th birthday, when his parents used what little money they had to get him a piano: a Kohler spinet that he still plays to this day. The first year was difficult trying to find the right teacher. Some couldn't give Jason enough to do, some purposefully gave him too little to do. Finally, a long-time mentor was found in Dan Lofing, who decided to experiment with Jason by skipping traditional methods and jumping directly into classical training.
Jason recalls, "For the first year-and-a-half to two years, I refused to learn how to read music because I much preferred to play by ear. It worked out very well because I would ask my teacher to play
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