Peg was born in L.A., and studied classical piano as a child. She attended Long Beach City and State colleges where while majoring in music education, she discovered electronic music and mastered the early analog machines including Moog and Oberheim modulars, and also learned recording. She started out as a 2nd engineer for some of the grand old L.A. studios, including the legendary Warner Amigo, where she got to work with The Neville Brothers, Jimmy Buffett, J. D. Souther, Joe Walsh, Rickie Lee Jones, Randy Newman and David Lee Roth.