About Me................

I started out by borrowing my older brother’s guitar when I was about 12 years old, and spent the next few years learning everything I could( much to the irritation of my family – who heard me practicing over and over again.

As a teenager I acquired a great deal of dexterity and technical mastery of the guitar through the scale studies of Steve Vai, Eric Johnson and Yngwie Malmstein.

Over the years, through my acquaintances and friendships with people of varying ages and backgrounds, I’ve learned that there are many things that make musicians great. For example, one has to be in awe of the beauty and poetry of Simon and Garfunkel, the soul of Stevie Ray Vaughn, the songwriting prowess of the Beatles,and the shear genius of Chick Corea and Dave Brubeck. Not to mention the brilliance of overlapping emotions within a perfect harmony in compositions by Mozart and Bach. Such Musicians have heavily influenced my style.

I am currently composing and recording my own music individually and with the band Thirst-n-Howl. My brother Nathan and I have reformed our acoustic duo, which adds the dimension of harmony and the depth of a second guitar. This will be an exciting year and I look forward to sharing my show with you!

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