Self-taught musician and composer Sami Jano, a first-generation Arab-American was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan.  His first foray into music was playing trombone in his elementary school band, but soon found his real love was drums. His parents refused to help, so he saved up enough loose change for a pair of drumsticks and a used tape cassette, of ACDC’s Back in Black.  He spent three years playing drums on his knees and various bedroom objects to his favorite rock albums, his parents’ Arabic music, and the “oldies” which played incessantly playing in his dad’s car.   By the time Sami got to high school, he had saved up enough for a real drum set, and started an "experimental-hardcore" band with his friends.

He attended Michigan State University, majored in advertising and fine arts, and started playing the piano and composing. In his second year at Michigan State, he started an instrumental band, Adam’s Castle, in which he played the piano and with whom he toured the country for 5 years, amassing an enthusiastic cult following.  The band also released an EP and a full-length CD.

Currently, Sami resides in New York City where he works as a designer and illustrator as well as a composer for film and advertising.