Ed Starink was born in 1952 in the Netherlands. Against his father's wishes he bought a guitar and taught himself playing it. Later he switched more and more to keyed instruments and consequently took classical piano lessons. In the mid-60s he was involved in countless productions of the Netherlands' best studio. He also accompanied the Beach Boys on the Hammond organ and played keyboard for David Bowie. In 1970 he formed the pop/jazz rock group "Gamma", composed the music, and played besides the keyboards also guitar and flute. In the 70s he went to the Academy of Music in The .