Update: 1 June, 2009

It's been a while since the last update and I apologise for that. As a working professional, my time gets taken up by my responsibilities. This site is a work in progress, to say the least.

This is a no blog zone. How much ego does one need? We're not that interesting -- in fact, most musicians are boors. If you want to know what I think about and all that, go to the Philosophy section. For those of you who haven't begun reading this, go here section. There you will get something far more interesting than a blog will ever offer. I am on one mailing list that this guy is using as a blog. Needless to say, he doesn't have much to offer - ever, except to clog up my e-mail in box.

The Philosophy column has been updated with the second part here. I take my time to keep from rambling, to make each addition justify its existence so you will benefit and not waste time reading something you could get anywhere. So additions are not frequent, but they are relevant. The purpose of this column/e-book is to help you learn and/or grow as a musician, an artist, whether you have professional aspirations or not. If you create, if you play regularly with others or perform regularly as a solo or part of a band, these entries should help you further your walk down the road that is artistic expression and the Life.

Got an interesting "war story", a tale of a gig that went all wrong or some amusing anecdote about real life musician experiences? Send them in here: War Stories

The Pilot program is concluded and we found people are just too lazy to keep with it. And I don't like bugging people about their next lesson - and these were free lessons I was offering during the program! So we are scrapping the idea. We are going to go with downloadable content more suited to customer convenience, and as a result, actually less expensive. But it will take time to develop so, once again, there is going to be a delay.

Hopefully by the end of Summer 2009, or early Fall, I will have it all laid out and begin producing the content to post. Stay tuned. We want our lessons to be of the highest quality you can find, reasonably priced.

In the meantime, if you have things you want to see in a Guitar & Bass web site, please let me know. Good ideas are always welcome so send them along to: Feedback

Once we are up and running in earnest, we will be offering a very high level of quality and support. Rest assured, all questions you may have can be answered and will include enough detail to satisfy your need. The result is twofold: a) you will have access to a wealth of materials at all levels of proficiency and as mentioned, b) a reduced expense per lesson under the new format.

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My Credentials:

As the head of development on staff here, I bring over twenty years teaching experience to the table. Why should this be important to you? You want to know that any teacher you consider actually knows what they're doing, that they are directed and focused and have a system of teaching that actually works. You want your teacher to be passionate as well. And you want them to be available to answer your questions. That's me. And that's my staff.

You also might like to know that I have over thirty years of professional musical experience, having toured extensively. I also have a long history working in recording studios (as a guitar player, bass player, engineer and producer). Both activities are still ongoing - I'm still out there making it happen.

I was the Director of Music Ministry at a church in Los Angeles, California up until May of 2004 when I moved to Hillsboro, Oregon, where I directed the music side of worship services at local church until July, 2006. I also lead a music worship band at a subsequent place from early 2007 until the beginning of 2008. You don't get that kind of position if you don't know what you're doing!

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