I've been playing the guitar for twenty-six years now, and teaching for eighteen. I've played in a variety of original and cover bands, and written a number of songs of my own. I'm working on recording these as instrumentals with my home studio, although "studio" is probably too generous a term. It's more like a tv cart with a bunch of recording equipment on it.

I also play in a cover band called Sound Asylum. You can check us out at www.soundasylumband.com for information about where we’re playing, and some audio and video clips.  The singer and other guitarist and I also play out as a n acoustic trio called Thrid Dimension.

I'm available as a sub guitarist for original and cover bands. In the past few years, I’ve done last minute sub gigs for Woot, Dick and Jane, Grumpy Jones, and Double Take – all top notch cover bands that play out 3-5 times a month.

If you'd like to hear some examples of my playing, there are two very different mp3's for you to listen to; they were recorded at home using my digital multi-track recorder. The first is a Joe Satriani song called "The Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing." I played all the instruments on the recording, and did the drum programming, which is harder than one might expect. The second is my rendition of "White Summer" by Jimmy Page, which I played on acoustic. I did a shortened version so visitors to the website wouldn't have to download an eight minute song.

Listen to mp3s here:

The Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing	White Summer

Where I Teach Guitar

Music Maker Studios in Brighton, MA  This is where I teach most of my private guitar lessons, and I teach adults and kids. If you take lessons from me, this is where you'll go.

Nobles and Greenough School in Dedham, MA  During the school year, I teach private guitar lessons to the middle and high school students during the day.

Newton Memorial-Spaulding Elementary  I teach a weekly group guitar lesson at this school to kids in grades 2 through 5.

Boston Center for Adult Education  I teach group guitar lessons at this location.  The course runs from 6-8 weeks, depending on which term you sign up for.  To sign up, you need to go to www.bcae.org.

I've been teaching in the Boston area for twelve years now. Prior to that I also taught at Guitar Attention Center in Springfield, OH. while I was in college.  I have a Bachelor's Degree in Mass Communications from Wright State University in Dayton, OH, which I guess I'm using, although probably not in the way they intended.