After graduating from high school, he and Petrucci enrolled at the Berklee College of Music, where they met Mike Portnoy. After taking violin lessons from the age of five, he started playing bass guitar at fifteen. ə ŋ/ born January 24, 1967) is an American bassist and a founding member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater.īorn in Chicago to South Korean parents, Myung grew up with John Petrucci on Long Island.
