Wade Darnell found his passion for music when he first heard bluegrass music on the radio at the age of 14.  Immediately he fell in love with the sound of the banjo, mandolin, guitar, fiddle, and bass combined into one to create beautiful music.

After visiting various bluegrass festivals, Wade decided that he wanted to play a banjo as a hobby.  Instead, it became an obsession that began to consume roughly five hours of practice a day.  Every aspect of the banjo fascinated Wade and still does today.

When Wade began, he learned to play the three-finger style of playing the banjo, which is the most popular of styles today.  He listened primarily to Flatt and Scruggs and wasn't happy unless he played literally note-for-note like Scruggs.

After playing bluegrass for a year, Wade began experimenting with other genres of music.  He began playing material such as jazz, blues, classical, electronic, and rock, not only to tap into the banjo's hidden possibilities, but to learn more about music as a whole.  Though the banjo is popularly tagged with bluegrass music, Wade has shown that it is not a 'pigeon holed' instrument, and that it can be integrated into any genre of music.

When asked who he gives the credit to or how he's progressed, he gives the credit to God.