BIO
I started playing a few chords on guitar when I was ten years old. One day while messing around, I accidentally discovered how to do picking - I was incredibly excited. My mum was always playing her old Simon & Garfunkel records in the background and I spent hours trying to copy the picking patterns I was hearing.
In my teenage years I moved into classical guitar playing and worked my way through the AMEB syllabus, taking the exams and learning the scales and theory. When I got to Uni, I joined a string band called Marmalade Jamm. We played at various cafes and community radio stations and it's where I discovered the joy of playing with other people. Later I moved to England where I was travelling and working in the graphic design industry. While I was there, I studied and played most of the Trinity School of Music syllabus. Almost eight years later, I returned to Sydney and once my children were at school, I began teaching music lessons from 2012.
These days, I'm pretty busy: I'm a private music teacher for five days a week (Mon-Thurs and all of Saturday), as well as playing in three bands, for which I compose and arrange a lot of the music. In recent years, I've been learning about music production, so that I can produce good quality demo's for the songs that I write. It's another huge topic - there's always something to learn!
MY STRENGTHS
" Music is a weapon in the war against unhappiness."
- Jason Mraz