Very awesome achievements. Congrats.
I particularly like the guitar/music stuff. Anywhere I might be able to hear those songs of yours?
And by prodigy, was that specific to a style? Like classical etc?
I studied classical but was interested in guitar noodling a la Steve Vai. I played some of his stuff live around 17. I studied under a student of Segovia (or a student of, I can't really remember) and "learned faster than anyone he knew." My parents drove me 500 miles round trip for lessons. I don't have any of that stuff but could send you my punk-doo wap band's ep if you really want to hear it. It's pretty rough around the edges but we had a lot of fun.
Wow, I would love to be able to play like Vai. Makes me think of the awesome battle in Crossroads. Neo-classical is pretty amazing.
As for the EP, you mean you'll email it? If so sure.
moollaza@gmail.com (Thanks!)
Oh man, I had that movie on vhs and watched the guitar battle scenes countless times. About the ep: we were an acquired taste so be prepared but yeah happy to email it to you.
* almost got booted from college for publishing the president's dirty laundry on Paul Schrader's dime
* had 3 top 40 songs with my band on the radio (alt top 40)
* founded a pr agency at 26
* had my own newspaper column before 30
* got a client 25 minutes on cnn int (valued at 6 million us)
* was the first to publicly attack the junta after the coup in thailand in 2006
* was interviewed on live tv for an hour without a script (hellish)
* taught myself a handful of computer languages and secured early funding for an internet startup
* got to brag about it all on hn =)