Zune Social: 
Neville introduced himself in the past, but I don’t think that I’ve taken the time to really introduce who I am. You guys have been reading about me all over the forums and here at Social Circle and I haven’t even taken the time to tell you a little bit about myself.
Well that’s not totally true. I did try to do a meet and greet over in the forums, but maybe I should just do one here too. Here goes (gee this reads like a horribly formatted resume, haha).
Truth be told, this is also being done in response to someone who thought I was hiding behind all of the cartoon character icons that I use for my profiles!
Background Information:
- Marques Lyons (aka Tromboneforhire)
- Age: 31
- Earned a Bachelor of Arts in Music at the University of California, Irvine
- Did post-graduate study in Jazz Performance & Composition
- Played trombone ever since 7th grade; was originally a cello player in the making
- In high school won 4 jazz band and 3 marching band championships
- Performed for (or with): Jackson Browne, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Angela Bassett, Bill Cosby, Stevie Wonder, Marla Gibbs and a host of others
- Performed at the 1993 Playboy Jazz Festival (warning: this link goes to a page on playboy.com)
- Was a teaching assistant for a college Jazz History course
- Taught a jazz ensemble (Monday Night Jazz Ensemble)
- Favorite musical genre is Latin Jazz (although Electronica made a strong first impression)
- Favorite trombone player is J.J. Johnson
- One of his college professors, Kei Akagi was the last keyboard player for the legendary trumpet player Miles Davis (you should hear his stories!)
- Won his Black 30GB Zune in a local raffle
- Has only used three names ever for his Zune: Social Circle (honestly); Jazz Central or Unagi (my favorite sushi fish).
- Been a member of Zune Social since it started
- Didn’t get into electronica music until inflicted with the Jetherealz effect
- Calls his Zune page, Club Social because that’s a place where people can gather, discuss music, have drinks and shoot the breeze.
- Started Social Circle (the blog) in July of 2008 as an extension of the Club Social idea.
- Was awarded the Microsoft Zune MVP in October of 2008 for his contributions to the Zune Forums and a person’s overall experiences with Zune and music.
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