American musician best known as the rhythm guitarist and occasional keyboard player for Maroon 5. He also initiated a solo music project called 1863.
He briefly attended Five Towns College on Long Island, New York.
He learned guitar in junior high school but didn't start playing the keyboard until his college years.
He grew up in Colorado with a photographer father and a younger sister named Annie.
He and Adam Levine formed the band Maroon 5.
