Guitar
The first instrument—and still home base.
MUSIC / EAR, HANDS, & SYSTEMS
A lifelong side of the work.
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I’ve played guitar since I was twelve. Music remains one of the clearest ways I know to think with both structure and instinct.
MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST
Different instruments reveal different rules.
I play guitar, drums, harmonica, piano, flute, clarinet, and trumpet. I’m drawn to the way each changes your relationship to timing, melody, harmony, and the people making sound beside you.
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THE INSTRUMENTS
More than one way into a song.
Drums
Time, feel, and the physical logic of a groove.
Harmonica
Small instrument, immediate character.
Piano
A practical map of harmony and arrangement.
Winds & Brass
Flute, clarinet, and trumpet: phrasing from another direction.
WHAT I KEEP COMING BACK TO
Rock, blues, jazz—and the routes between them.
I enjoy the directness of rock, the vocabulary of blues, the curiosity of jazz, and everything that happens when those traditions overlap. I’m also a committed fan of open-source music software and music theory: tools and ideas that make experimentation more accessible.
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GO DEEPER
Three ongoing notebooks.
01 / THEORY
Music theory
Harmony, rhythm, ear training, and the patterns worth learning by hand.
OPEN NOTEBOOK →02 / PRACTICEMy music
Instruments, works in progress, and the habits that keep playing enjoyable.
OPEN NOTEBOOK →03 / LISTENINGHeroes & influences
The players, records, traditions, and musical questions that keep returning.
OPEN NOTEBOOK →