Greg Kurstin
Greg Kurstin was born and raised in Los Angeles. His first music experience was from is grandma playing piano for him. That was when he was 5 years old. He eventually inherited her piano and began taking lessons. It was during these formative years that he developed an interest for jazz and blues. At age 11, he picked up a guitar and any other instrument he could touch. In his secondary school years, he devoted countless number of hours behind the piano doing jazz. However, he also looked for time to play with various local bands in the Los Angeles area. When he was 12 he performed in Dweezil Zappa’s band and co-wrote "Crunchy Water", which was the B-side to Los Angeles' KROQ’s staple "My Mother Is A Space Cadet". It was from these collaborative experiences that he was first introduced to new wave, punk and African music. Kurstin also developed an interest in recording at a really young age. He also began working with a 4-track recorder.