New Hampshire based Jazz trumpeter David Schirmer has been playing trumpet for over 30 years. Starting the instrument at the age of 10, he discovered Jazz at the age of 11 and continued learning the genre. He also took up an interest in learning to write music, and by age 12 was doing so. Along the way, he learned keyboard, guitar and most recently electric upright bass. All of these instruments are played on his album "Drive," as well as programming all of the drum sample arrangements. When not writing and performing music, Schirmer also works in the computer industry as a systems support engineer, and has a passion for muscle cars and trucks.