It’s 2009. The old school “Casey did this and that and is so great and here’s why” thing is passé. So here goes: I was born in 1976. I was obsessed with music. I took curtain rods to my Dad’s guitar in hopes of it becoming a cello that way. I got a solo in the 2nd Grade play. People told me I was good. Eventually I begged my way to violin lessons when I was 8. People told me I was good.