He was born to Filipino parents and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He began playing guitar at the age of 9 years. He states influences as Paul Gilbert, Joe Satriani, Stevie Ray Vaughan, George Benson, David Sanborn, Hiram Bullock and Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Nick found Carlo on YouTube when _he_was browsing videos, yet he was very flattered. <sep>, Pronoun: he