FAQs
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
My continuing education consists mainly of exposing myself, constantly, to all types of music and music technologies. Additionally, I play weekly at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ft. Myers, which requires me to handle an extremely eclectic blend of music. Ongoing education is 24/7 in my world! I spend a lot of time analyzing charts, learning more about optimizing guitars, many other things. I also am planning to record another album this year--this time a solo project, which will involve coast-to-coast recording over the Internet. This will be technically interesting, exciting, challenging! I also am moving out into other instruments and styles. Generally, I stay very much abreast of things out of habit--all those years in the industry; the sales end of it.
- How did you get started doing this type of work?
It was kind of decided FOR me. I developed a proficiency very quickly on the guitar. I was taking lessons, and one of our teachers quit, there at the little studio I was taking at. The owner had me take on the beginners. Not so much because I was extremely competent (I was, at least for beginners) but because he knew I could deal with people properly. It was very odd because I was taking lessons and working furiously to stay about one book ahead of some of the beginners! I had to work very very hard. I immersed myself in it. And I found out I really enjoyed watching people get better. It never felt like work and it never will.