 He played sax and guitar in some of these earlier bands but left them to concentrate on just the piano/keyboards.Later, he started performing with guitarist Dugan McNeill, whose U2-like group was signed to Polygram.In 1989, Joseph recorded his first demo tape and sent it off to Greek composer Yanni, who was looking for someone to replace keyboardist John Tesh, as Tesh was launching his own solo career.