My dad and I jam together all the time now. When they saw my interest in drums they got me a drum-set for Christmas. Most teachers said to come back when I was 7, but they finally found one that was a little bit far away and would drive me 2 days a week. My parents had a hard time finding a music teacher when I was younger. How did your parents support and foster your music talents? During quarantine I learned guitar, cello, sax, bass, ukulele and harmonica.Ĥ.

I started watching Casey Cooper (CAS3Y COOP3R) drum videos on YouTube. I started piano lessons when I was 4 and then when I was about 8 or 9 I got a toy drum set. When she came to see who it was, she found my 3 year old self at the piano. One day my mom heard the song that my dad was playing the night before but my dad was at work. I used to sit and watch my dad play piano. I had feeding therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy and I went to an ABA based pre-school for children with autism. What were some therapies you had as a child? I ran away from my parents into the street a few times.Ģ. My favorite place was Home Depot (fan department). While other kids were playing at parties, I would run from room to room to watch the ceiling fans spin. Around this time I started showing signs of repetitive behaviors such as needing to follow certain routines wanting lights to always be on even during the day. At two years old I was diagnosed with speech delay. When I was a baby I babbled but one day just stopped. I didn’t chew my first food until almost 3 years old (1/2 a cheerio). Then when I was about 18 months I was diagnosed with a feeding disorder. They found out I was choking on my own reflux. I was first diagnosed with GERD at about one month old after being taken to the emergency room in an ambulance when my parents found me struggling to breathe. I was diagnosed with PDD-NOS when I was four years old. How did PDD-NOS effect you as a child and at what age were you diagnosed? I had the opportunity to ask Jacob a few questions about his autism and his music.ġ. Ron Sandison interviews child musical prodigy Jacob Velazquezįor those who missed Jacob Velazquez on America’s Got Talent here’s a video of his appearance:

October 2016 prodigy hacks