Zach Gill

About Zach

• As a kid, he felt like becoming a musician was his "calling," especially after he saw everyone singing along at a Huey Lewis and the News concert.
• He was part of a band in high school, and all of its members happened to go to college together at UC Santa Barbara.
• In school, he started taking music classes; he didn't major in it, but he learned a lot about technique and theory.
• After college, he stuck around and got a job playing piano for the modern dance department.
• He met his wife and they decided to move back up to the Bay Area, where there were more opportunities to perform.
• When his son was born, he felt like he was suddenly an adult, but he hadn't ever had a "real job."
• He settled into teaching music at a private school, but he missed performing, so the old band-Animal Liberation Orchestra-went on tour.
• There were some major lows on that first tour, but after their friend Jack Johnson asked them to open for him, everything started falling into place.