During college, he performed as a keyboardist and vocalist in several different original rock bands, including “The Color Codes”, “Kozmosis”, “Underground”, and “Beat Red”. He also studied guitar, flute, voice, bass and drums. This working knowledge of many different instruments, greatly enhanced his performance and composition skills.

In 1987, Lloyd attended the “College For Recording Arts”, in San Francisco, CA, graduating magna cum laude! His coursework included Audio Engineering, Music Production, Studio Electronics, Music Law, Synthesizer Principles, Sound Reinforcement, and Audio Visual Production. While still at CRA, Lloyd was offered employment from some of his instructors who owned recording studios in the Bay area. Lloyd soon found himself in high demand as a freelance audio engineer, all the while expanding his knowledge and equipment. Lloyd joined the Audio Engineering Society in 1988, and has attended many seminars and conventions in order to stay current with the rapidly changing field of audio engineering.

Lloyd is presently involved in the music industry in many capacities: 1. As an Audio Engineer, doing sound reinforcement for musical groups, theater productions, and public speakers, as well as doing studio and live recordings. 2. As a Composer, writing music for Radio, Television, Film, and Theater Productions. 3. As a Producer & Arranger for numerous recording artists, who need basic compositions transformed into finished products. 4. As a Performer, primarily on keyboards and vocals, but also as a multi-instrumentalist. 5. As a Publisher, with the release of “Doorway To a Dream” in 1984, and “Just Visiting Planet Earth” in 1999.