upon reaching adolescence reynolds was able to learn guitar and electric bass guitar so he could perform in the familys local church choir three times a week with the secret added bonus that he was able to begin experimenting with learning what eventually became second nature adding riffs infused with rock and roll funk and soul music by the age of twelve upon graduation from high school he moved away from home and after moving from the midwestern states landed in charlottesville virginia finding jazz jazz fusion and experimental music enthusiasts there reynolds found the college town a more welcoming environment for him to branch out musically there than in any of his previous homes and added to his experimentation other musical influences to his repertoire including sixties psychedelic rock citing some of his early influences as jimi hendrix carlos santana and led zeppelin