Bio








​Instruments

• Born and raised in Kalamazoo MI.
• Started playing in cover bands in 4th grade, church groups at age 16, and bar bands at age 17.
• Spent 2 years after college playing club gigs in the Midwest.
• Moved to Los Angeles to study at Musicians Institute.
• Graduated from MI and played hundreds of gigs and sessions in LA.
• Moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to get into electronic music development.
• Earned a master’s degree in Improvised Music Studies (World Music) from San Jose State University.
• Hired as a tenured Music Professor (Commercial Music) at Ohlone College. (Retired after 25 years.)
• Balances work in academia with a complementary live playing schedule around the Bay Area in many pit/stage orchestra settings.

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• Experienced in many, many styles:
  • Rock
  • Pop
  • Jazz
  • Country
  • Classical
  • Latin
• ​Specializing in guitar: 
  • Electric
  • Acoustic
  • Nylon string
• Doubling on:
  • Mandolin
  • Dobro

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Demo tune - featuring:
     acoustic
     electric
     nylon-string
     mando
     dobro