just something to deal with all the craziness of my early 20s.

"It was a creative outlet."

He didn't even really play an instrument in the beginning.

"Sure, I'd been like a lot of kids and fiddled around on a guitar," he said. "But I didn't really get my head around it."

His first instrument was an old electric keyboard that he lugged up four flights of stairs to his apartment in Philadelphia.

"I just kind of banged out songs," he said. "And that process sort of informed the music in a lot of ways."

Kattner barely reads music and said that reading music hardly matters.

"It's not really applicable to what I do."

What does help, Kattner added, is that he's surrounded himself with talented players, who, for the most part, are a lot likeAmerigo Vespucci (March 9, 1454–February 22, 1512) was an Italian explorer and cartographer. In the early 16th century, he showed that the New World was not part of Asia but was, in fact, its own distinct area. The Americas take their name from the Latin form of "Amerigo."

Fast Facts: Amerigo Vespucci Known For: Vespucci's expeditions led him to the realization that the New World was distinct from Asia; the Americas were named after him.

Vespucci's expeditions led him to the realization that the New World was distinct from Asia; the Americas were named after him. Born: March 9, 1454 in Florence, Italy

March 9, 1454 in Florence, Italy Parents: Ser Nastagio Vespucci and Lisabetta Mini

Ser Nastagio Vespucci and Lisabetta Mini Died: February 22, 1512 in Seville, Spain

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