I've been playing the guitar for twenty-three years now, and teaching for fifteen. 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'm available as a sub guitarist for original and cover bands. In the past year or two, I’ve done last minute sub gigs for 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

I teach at a few places: Music Maker Studios in Brighton, MA, Nobles and Greenough School in Dedham, MA, the Allston Boys and Girls Club (through a program developed by Rawkstars.org), and at the Boston Center for Adult Education. I've been teaching in the Boston area for nine years now. Prior to that I taught at Guitar Attention Center in Springfield, OH.

And last, but certainly not least, I’ve started a new band called Sound Asylum that is taking the bars of Boston by storm, or at least by heavy downpour. You can check us out at www.soundasylumband.com for information about where we’re playing, audio and video clips, and pictures of us staggering around stage on cube and heels.

You can also see me playing my new toy, the Roland GR-30 guitar synth. I’m astounded that I haven’t seen other guitar players use this, as it does many sounds as good as most keyboards. The piano sounds, horn sections, string sections, and 80’s synth patches sound just like a keyboard synth.