For 3-4 years in my mid to late teens I played guitar, sang backing vocals, and contributed significantly to music writing and arranging for original progressive rock band “Deviation”. For 3-4 years in my early twenties I played lead guitar, sang backing vocals/harmonies, and sang half the lead vocals for local Cape Cod retro themed show band “Daughter Judy” playing 3 sets per night at local clubs
and bars with an authentic costume change for each set including a 60’s psychedelic rock set, a 70’s disco set & an 80’s new wave set all featuring some of the favorite hits from those respective decades/genres. I was also the business manager of this band booking gigs, replacing members as necessary, organizing rehearsals and delegating side work etc.. I’ve got 24 years of experience teaching private lessons (for drums, bass, guitar, piano, voice, mandolin, ukulele, and production), teaching rock band classes/coaching bands, engineering live sound, and offering recording/production services. For the peak 2 years or so of that time I worked 7 days per week carrying the equivalent of 100 half hour lesson slots per week between private lesson student bookings of anywhere from half hour to 3 hour slots and rock band classes that lasted anywhere from 1 to 2 hours. I have achieved a 3.87 GPA for completion of 12 course Production & Guitar Master Certificate program from BerkleeMusic Online. I am 1 of only 10 people in Massachusetts that completed through Avid’s 200 level courses at New England Institute of Art in Boston to become an AVID certified ProTools HD8 Operator (Music). I have had the honor of being hired by Anthony Shriver (founder of the Best Buddies organization) to teach guitar and drums to his youngest son Joey. I’ve also had the honor of being hired by Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton for 6 consecutive summers starting in 2006 (and then again on and off periodically to date) to teach his son Julian drums, bass, guitar, voice and Pro Tools focused production classes. If you have any questions or would like to discuss scheduling or booking time please feel free to reach me here or call/text me at 508-280-3308
Thank you!
