In the fall of 2003 after threatening to do it multiple times Rich Experience decided
make good on his boasting. "My roommate and best friend Derek Wu had been hitting
the local Open Mic nights playing his distorted bass originals. I would tag along
for drinking and revelry. A keyboardist myself, I had been shooting my mouth off
for months about how I was going to perform on stage. Finally I set a date and procrastinated
'til the last minute." confessed Rich "I was damned if I was going to haul a stand
in there (Innertown Pub) and play behind a keyboard. So I pulled the guts out of
an old guitar that I never bothered to learn how to play, and I velcroed an old Yamaha
keyboard to the guitar - you know, the kind with the built in speakers. I Midied
it into my big ass Yamaha EX5, and in 15 minutes I wrote "Happy Cheese", "Skateboarding",
and "Jellyfish" which I don't even remember. And I was off to the Open Mic with my
makeshift Keytar", states Rich. And the rest as they say Ladies and Gentlemen is
history...