Born in Queens New York, Mr. Crawford suffered a permanent partial loss of eyesight resulting in legal blindness at the age of eight. At age 12 he began working in the recording studio creating original electronic music compositions for magnetic tape. During the 70s he worked in several New York studios including Toneos Electroacousitc Studio; an audio production studio specializing in electronic music soundtracks for commercial jingle production. After completing high school and a year and a half of course work at Syracuse University, Mr Crawford moved to California where he opened his own recording and electronic music production company: Fingers Audio Productions. During this time he completed a year of music theory at San Joaquin Delta College, Yamaha's FM MIDI seminar at Chicago State University and released three original full-length electronic music albums: "The Lonely Island," "In The Universe," and " Signs For A Troubled Planet." Today, Mr. Crawford continues to record and produce CDs and composes original electronic/computer music projects completing a total of nine original electronic music CD albums. He engineered and mixed the Downbeat award-winning CD album, "Origins" along with other CD projects for the Conservatory's record label: Pac Ave Records. Mr. Crawford teaches Music and Computer Technology, Sound Recording Fundamentals and Recording Studio Production to students enrolled in both the Music Theory and Music Management department.