


While there he played saxophone in the Community Band and guitar in bands he started himself. Gordon went on to Mesabi Range Community College where he received his Associates Degree. Gordon also was able to take guitar lessons at Macphail in Minneapolis under the apprenticeship of James Allen. Along with learning new musical concepts, Gordon also learned how the music business works which got him more interested in marketing the bands he performed in. He also took a Taiko drum class while he was at Perpich. While he was learned he took classes in ear training and music theory. When Gordon reached his senior year of high school he attended Perpich Center of the Performing arts in Golden Valley, Minnesota. This passion for music allowed Gordon to go to a summer rock band camp in San Diego where he learned everything you need to know about touring, playing in a band, making a music video etc. After he bought a guitar, Gordon would practice relentlessly, sometimes for as long as 12 hours a day. Soon after he would pick up guitar which would spark his interest in further pursuing his playing of music. Gordon's interest in music grew when he began to work sound systems for bluegrass bands and eventually he started to experiment more with music. began playing music at a very early age but didn't begin to learn the saxophone until he was in fifth grade.
