I've always been a computer geek, but I started music lessons at the relatively late age of 13. I grew up on a steady diet of Depeche Mode and classical piano. My music combines those two great loves.

I'm occasionally asked if Brian Hazard is my real name (it is), because it sounds like a stage name. It would've made perfect sense to record under my given name, but a friend of mine had a class at design school called Color Theory 101. I thought it sounded cool, probably because I made a subconscious connection to Depeche Mode's 101.