Joe Wheelock began his journey with music on the piano at the age of five with studies in jazz and Afro-Cuban rhythms and the thought that music is a language and performing with others is about listening and having a conversation. Finding inspiration in many styles of music, Joe pursued and learned the drum set and electric bass and guitar, all with the piano at the center of his musical understanding. Inspired by the freedom of jazz and the electricity of rock ‘n’ roll, Joe pursued guitar and studied with Fine Arts Association teacher Lee Bush at Cuyahoga Community College along with performing with a number of area rock bands. He is actively playing electric bass, guitar, drums, and keyboards in area bands and teaching those instruments and directing shows at the School of Rock.