Drumming from the age of fifteen, von Baron studied drums, percussion and music at both the University of Missouri at Kansas City and then at Berklee College of Music in Boston. von holds a degree in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Washington. Today he teaches drumming and performs professionally in Honolulu, HI. In addition, he has three albums of original music he calls New Age Music on Steroids. They are Pangaea (2007), Souljourner (2009) and his latest release The Answer (2011). His music is a perfect blend of Jazz, New Age, World, Hip-Hop, and House music. Since early 2000, von Baron has called Honolulu home. His career in music includes performing and recording with local, national and international artists of many genres including, The Honolulu Jazz Quartet, Tennyson Stephens, Geoffrey Keezer, Shelly Berg, Benny Golson, Ira Nepus, John Clayton, Gerald Clayton, Yasuko Hayakawa, Don Ho, Ray Brown Jr., Tita Lima, Nathan Osmand, Jeff Peterson, Paul Shimomoto, Jimmy Borges, Bruce Hamada, Noel Okimoto, Dean Taba, Yoshiaki Miyanoue, Bop Tribal, Herb Ota Sr., Ginai, Theresa Bright, Gabe Baltazar, Conrad Herwig, the Honolulu Symphony Pops, Napua Davoy, Byron Nease, Valery Ponomarev, Mihana Souza, John Valentine, Show Brazil!, Jill Cohn, and many others. von believes that music is the true universal language and the tool most adept at bringing our world closer together through tolerance and understanding. It's with this vision that he composes and produces music. For more information about von Baron’s music or his book "Gifted: 6 Powerful Steps to Live the Most Incredible Life You Can Imagine", please visit www.vonbaronmusic.com.