Education
BFA Degree in Music. California Institute of the Arts. 1998. Studied classical
guitar with Miroslav Tadic and
Stuart Fox, West African music with Alfred and
Kobla Ladzekpo, Composition with Marc Lowenstien,
Nick England, and Beverly Grisby, Jazz with Larry Koonse, Charlie Haden,
and David Roistien, and North and South Classical Indian music with Rajiv
Taranath and Pavaloor Srinivasan.
National Guitar Summer Workshop 1992-1995
Studied guitar with Frank Gambale, Joey Tafolla, Steve Khan.Teaching Experience
Instructor. Workshop Live, Online Interactive Lessons 2006-present
Teaching Experience
Virtual Teacher. Workshop Live, Massachusetts-2006
Instructor. UCLA, Westwood CA 1998-2005
Instructor. AVC, Antelope Valley CA 2001-present
Guitar, song writing, and music production instructor
Instructor. National Guitar Summer Workshop 1994-present. Guitar instructor
at campuses nationwide; producer and instructor of seminars on two-hand
tapping, alternate tunings, slide, theory, song writing, and composition.
Instructor/Producer. Spiderfingers Guitar Studio 2000-present. Instructor,
recording engineer, and producer
of Spiderfingers Guitar Studio.
Instructor. Vibe Performing Arts Center 2000-2002
Guitar and bass instructor.Performing Experience
Playing Experience
Guest Performer, Musical Director. Antelope Valley College 2002 MD of group performance dance concert
Guitarist/Lead Vocalist. “Spiderfingers” (Eclectic Rock) 2000-present
Guitarist/Bassist. Josef Liemberg session work(Hip-Hop) 2001-2005
tracks used by Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg
and many others
Guitarist. “Umbalaye” (Latin Funk band) 2001-2003
featuring members of Oingo Boingo, Ozomatli,
and Snoop Dogg’s Snoopadelics
Guitarist. “Rub-A-Dub” (reggae band) 1999-2001
opened for Shaggy, the Marley Family, Bunny Wailer,
Eek A Mouse, Andrew Tosh, Israel Vibrations, Mr. Vegas, Frankie Paul,
Freddie McGregor, Barrington Levy, and more.
Guitarist. Southern California Guitar Wars: Placed 2nd 1999
Guitarist. Performed with John Patrucci of "DreamTheater" 1998
Guitarist. “Wovoka” (Indian music) 1997-99
Co-Composer/Guitarist. “Burning Man Opera” (Black Rock, Nevada) 1998
Guitarist/ Vocalist. “Kind Veggie Spaghetti”(folk, new wave) 1995-98
Guitarist/Vocalist/Writer. “Space Zoo” (rock, funk opera) 1996
Guitarist. Appeared in magazines: Guitar Player, 1994
Guitar for the Practicing Musician, and Guitar World
Guitarist. Winner of the Washburn Acoustic Guitar Contest 1993
Production/Composition Experience
Producer/Guitarist. "Arachnodactyl"(Instrumental Rock) 2007
Producer/Multi-Instrumentalist. Space Oasis (ambient) 2006
Producer/Vocalist/Guitarist. "For Today" (Eclectic Pop) 2005
Producer/Composer. "Weird TV" (TV show) 2004
Producer/Composer. "If I Ran the Circus" (ballet score) 2003
Producer/Composer. “The Last Unicorn" (ballet score) 2002
Producer/Composer. “Spiderfingers Silky Sound" (Eclectic Pop) 2002
Co-Producer. Soundtrack for "Hike, Hike, Hike" 2001
Award winning animated film
Producer/Composer. “Spiderfingers Out of Shell” 2001
Producer. "Foundation" (West African album) 2001
Producer/Composer. 1999-present
Compose and produce original sound scores for modern dance companies and
choreographers.
Producer/Guitarist. Reggae albums 1999-2001
"Kente", "Live on the Rooftop", and "It's an Irie Vibe"
Producer/Guitarist. “Jared Meeker: Sprout” 1994