After High School graduation Todd began teaching guitar at a music store in West.St Paul, Minnesota. After 2 years of teaching a full schedule of students and gigging with local favorite bands "The Regime" and "Hurricane Alice", Todd decided to further his musical education at the Guitar Institute of Technology, (GIT) in Hollywood California. (One year earlier Todd was a runner up in the Fender Guitar, GIT, Eric Clapton Scholarship Contest. He won a Fender Strat and Twin Reverb. Read more on Last.fm