Have been a part of the Raleigh, NC music scene for the past 29 years. Beginnings were in Rock-n-Roll & Fusion and evolved into Classical music, Soul & Funk, Reggae, Folk, Blues and Jazz. During that time, Have been educating aspiring guitarists, having taught over 1,000 students privately. Spent 10 years at the Community Music School-Raleigh as the guitar teacher and counselor. Many students have gone on to secondary education and degrees in music. Some have gone on to careers in the recording industry and have performed around the world.

Have played, recorded and/or performed with countless musicians. These include: Stax Records artist Luther Ingram, sideman and Nashville Session Artist Audley Freed (The Black Crows, The Dixie Chicks, Peter Frampton & Jakob Dylan), Mike Gardner (PKM), Tommy Redd & Kenny Soule (Nantucket), guitarist Scott Sawyer, singer/songwriter Peter Rowan (Old & In the Way), guitarist Jimmy Herring (Widespread Panic, Col. Bruce Hampton & the Aquarium Rescue Unit), Robert Kearns (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Steve Kimock (Bob Weir & the Grateful Dead) and regional Blues/Gospel legend Calvin “Skeeter” Brandon.

Studied with and engraved transcriptions for fingerstyle jazz guitar icon Howard Morgen.

In the process of writing an original guitar method book and a book of transcriptions of jazz guitar legend Johnny Smith's original pieces and arrangements of jazz standards. Influences include: Andres Segovia, Mississippi John Hurt, Elizabeth Cotten, Mance Lipscomb, Doc Watson, Johnny Smith, Pat Martino, Steve Morse, John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola, Billy Gibbons, The Allman Brothers Band, Joe Walsh, Jimmy Page, B.B. King, Col. Bruce Hampton, Frank Zappa, Michael Hedges and Stax & Motown Records artists, et. al.