"I'm offering in person lessons and live video lessons using Zoom. I teach Guitar, Music Production with Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Pro Tools and Music Theory/Songwriting. I'm currently available for in home lessons in the Santa Cruz Area or in person lessons at Sylvan Music in Santa Cruz.

As a freelance musician and music producer, I lived and worked in Los Angeles for 5 years producing music and teaching guitar and music production, working as a studio musician, and performing as a solo guitarist. I collaborated with Grammy-winning Producer Darryl Swann, co-producing and mixing some of my productions including the song Pink Sunshine (feat. Xara) . I studied music production at Columbia College Chicago as well as studying with private mentors in Los Angeles and London.

A custom curriculum will be created for every student based upon what they'd like to learn, and their experience. If the student doesn't know what they'd like to learn, a curriculum will be provided.

I studied classical guitar with University of Oregon's John Jarvie, earning his Associate of Arts from Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon. I continued studying classical guitar at Columbia College Chicago with Norman Ruiz and performed there with the Latin Ensemble.

As a teacher, I currently work as a guitar instructor at Myriad Music in San Mateo.

I also work as a freelance instructor but have also worked as a private and group guitar instructor at other music schools in the past -

Playa Music Lessons in Playa Del Rey, CA from - 2014- 2016

American Music Institute in Clarendon Hills, IL - 2012 - 2014

A Sound Education in Brookfield, IL - 2011 - 2014

I perform solo guitar at private events, weddings, and venues with a setlist including classical guitar, bossa nova/jazz and original finger-style compositions. I teach classical guitar using the Christopher Parkening Method.

I also teach and perform modern music on electric guitar ; soul/funk, R&B/soul, pop, singer-songwriter and rock." less...