I first taught bass while attending BIT, the bass section of Musician's Institute in the late 1980's. I'm currently teaching at Austin Guitar School, as well as occasionally through the University of Texas informal classes system. I have also worked as a teacher and support musician for National Guitar Workshop, and I occasionally teach from my house in the 78704 area.

Links to some current and former students:

Clyde Browning formerly of Lixbox and both bass and guitar with Blue Cartoon,
Shiftless and the Grifters.

Shim Taylor was in Git, and is now playing with Muleshoe

I backed Scott Leever from Aqua Ape at National Guitar Austin.

Mason Jones of Retrospec is a former student.

So is Maurine Maclean from The Therapy Sisters.

I don't think they're related, but I also taught Doug Maclean of Blue Flame and Crash! Bam! Boom!

A long time ago, I taught Pat Fogarty of Pushmonkey

And not long ago, I taught Phil Morris of Dry County

I taught Ben Porter of Misspent Youth, winners of the Austin Music Network High School Battle of the Bands
and 2-time Best Kid Band at the Austin Music Awards.

I also still occasionally teach Pepe Gomez of One Way Out,

And Melanie Martinez
formerly of the Lisa Hayes Band and currently with The Tiny Tin Hearts is an ex-student and current friend.

It was an honor and a pleasure to teach Eli Roden of Drawing Back for several years. We played Charlie Parker's "Scrapple from the Apple" at the February '09 AGS show, (with Aaron Lack on drums):


I also enjoyed talking about music theory with Mark Douglas from Flash Boys



I'm currently privileged to teach Ann Messer , formerly of 7 Among Us: and currently with Lixbox:


And Kelley Higgins of Chasca:



And Jacob Hope of The Royals, and
Aubrey Elenz's band:


To book lessons thru Austin Guitar School visit their website, or call them at (512) 442-2880.

To book me directly or check out my references - click here and I'll put you in touch with some people who've taken lessons from me, or send you any other info you need.