Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?

A: Last year I was asked to do the music for a Documentary film on the life of an Oscar winning Documentary film maker. I wrote all the music, Produced and Played guitar, bass, and some keys, and farmed out some piano and violin work and Mixed it. It's making the rounds on the Film Festival circuit right now and doing well or so I'm told. It was a challenge to write in a style common to Eastern European Countries and that part of the world, to produce it based on the wishes of the film maker and to get the sound right for Film. I love a good challenge and rising to meet it

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: My next Recording with my Co Writer. We've just booked a studio to start track with our rhythm section . We have 2 more songs two write but we're getting started anyway

Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?

A: Darell Nutt, a great drummer

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Well I grew up in the Analog world but it's been Digital for quite a while now. Analog for sure but a blending of the 2 is great

Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?

A: not to play anything that doesn't belong on the track and or the song.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: I get to be creative and express myself through my instrument. It might not be my song but it's me playing and diving into the music head first to be part of the team

Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?

A: How long have I been a guitarist and who have I played with and what have I done. Sometimes they'll inquire about my instruments and what I might play. Usually they'll tell me where they got my name from or who recommended me

Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?

A: That it comes easy every time. Sometimes we might labor over finding the right part for the song or the right sound just to get the vibe right but hopefully the labor part of it gets shorter every time and for me it has. I don't really labor to much over things

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: How Long have you been writing, Are you an Artist or do you want other people to cut your songs, Who do you listen to

Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A: Tell me where your coming from artistically and what your trying to achieve with your song. That helps the musician determine where the music is going or where they want it to go.

Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?

A: A portable c d player, My Fender Tele and Princeton Reverb, My 335, and Resonator

Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?

A: I've been a professional music for over 50 yrs. Still working playing gigs and I teach College now part time. I love it as much now as I did when I first started out. I still Strive to be better at it. This is all I've ever done in my life. I'm committed to music as my profession.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: I'm an educated Blues Player( I have a Bachelors Degree from BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC ) Like so many of my generation who were born in the 50's but grew up in the 60's on Rock and Roll and R&B and Soul music through the 60's and 70's. Soulful with the right vibe Touch and Taste also I'm a bit of a Chameleon

Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?

A: Bob Dylan, A huge body of work and that would be a challenge to play those songs like they've been recorded and played. He demands a certain vibe, If Tom Petty were still alive and Mike Campbell wasn't his guitarist ( I've always been a huge fan of Mike's playing ) I would have loved a shot at that gig.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Don't over compress things Like Drums or guitars. I like that wide open sound. And don't clutter the track up with un necessary parts that do nothing to enhance the song since they usually tend to distract the listener. From my experience Less is more and more parts don't make a mediocre song sound better, they can also cause a good song to not sound like it should due to distracting parts and sounds

Q: What type of music do you usually work on?

A: Everything from Jazz or Instrumental to Rock, Latin Rock and R&B

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Coming up with a part that needs to be there, without it you will notice something missing from the groove, I'm a strong soloist improvising or crafting solos.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: Feel and Vibe with Rhythm and Parts. If they want a solo Then I play to the melody and the feel

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I will listen and write out a chart of the song and take my time learning the song. I want to know and understand the lyrics and understand the overall vibe of the song. Next I'll start with either Acoustic or Electric (depending on what the client asked for, If I hear a part right away which I usually do then I'll put it on and send the track to the client for approval or direction if there is a specific place the writer feels they want the song to go to

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: My DAW is Logic, Interface is Focusrite Clarett 4 , I run all the Universal Audio plug ins, Adam's Audio Studio Monitors, DPA and Rode Condenser Mics, Audio Technica Mics and Shure mics, I have several guitar amps to mic including Fender 65 De Luxe Reverb, Dr Z Maz 18, Quilter 101, Fender Princeton Reverb, 3 Effects pedal boards

Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?

A: John Schofield, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Wes Montgomery, BB King, Albert King, Jimi Hendrix, Duane and Greg Allman, Mike Bloomfield, The Beatles (still influence me) Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, The Stones, Steely Dan, Marvin Gaye, Sly, Bob Marley, James Brown,

Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.

A: Acoustic rhythm and parts, Electric rhythm and parts, solos,