Let's step into the "Way Back" machine, shall we? My earliest recollection was listening to my father on the radio in the 60's. Friday nights he was the Pop radio Motown DJ, Saturdays he played Country (and Western) then Sunday morning he was a Polka Disc Jockey.
Education, I have a BA in Communications. The real education is life and the need to make Art Directors happy!
Zoom HN4, Soundbooth, Soundtrack Pro, Audacity, Reason, a small in-house recording booth. Access to full 24 track recording studio.
I've worked for years doing audio and visual effects for video post production facilities. I work as a 3D computer animator doing special effects and the occasional 3D character. Doing media work in a small market often required foley work in order to make the project worthy of media worth enjoying.