I grew up along the central Jersey shore and moved to the Harrisburg PA area the summer before I started high school. Prior to the move, I'd begun fumbling around with mom's acoustic guitar, finding notes that sounded ‘right’ while plucking along to videos on MTV. Fumbling turned more serious when I first heard ‘Day Tripper’ by The Beatles. The riff, Ringo's romping drums, the 3-part harmony. I was hooked! I began taking piano lessons, but guitar and drums were far more seductive and became my instruments of choice. I joined my first band at 16 as a drummer, cutting my teeth on Beatle, Bowie and Billy Joel classics. Guitar and improvisation became my focus in college, with The Allman Brothers, Traffic, Phish, Santana, Frank Zappa and Rush being heavy influences on my playing. Those years culminated in winning ‘Best Guitarist’ at the 2004 Emergenza Festival.
I've been performing and teaching full-time since 2010. I've also composed music for cable networks and independent media projects (see MEDIA COMPOSITION page). I currently teach throughout Montgomery County and perform in the greater Philadelphia area as a solo performer, appearing every Tuesday at Triple Crown in Radnor and with my acoustic duo Shady Groove every other Thursday at Autograph Brasserie in Wayne. I also have an Irish quartet, The Whiskey Rovers, who come out of hibernation every March for a run of holiday shows. Lastly, I cohost an open mic that happens every Wednesday evening at the North Penn VFW in Glenside, PA. Come out, see a show and support live music!