 At the age of 13, he went to Perkins School for the Blind in Massachusetts, United States, where he learned to read books and music written in Braille, but he returned to Bermuda three years later, when he was 16.Within a year of returning he had his first job as a musician and continued over the years to try to make a living through music in Bermuda.He also found seasonal work in Jamaica at Montego Bay and Ocho Rios.