Let’s make some music.
I taught guitar, piano, and voice lessons for over ten years, but TBH - I just want to help people write and finish songs.
Song Workshops
I taught piano, guitar, voice, ukulele, saxophone, and more - but after 10+ years of teaching, across hundreds of private lessons, workshops, and after school programs, I realized that I’m not the BEST at teaching any one of those… My super power is connecting all the dots through writing songs.
See, I started writing songs around the age of 14. I’ve written hundreds of songs, made a handful of albums, got a degree in Music Theory and Professional Music from Portland Community College, engineered at some of Portland’s best recording studios, toured the East and West Coast, and continue to write, play, and perform songs to this day.
And in all of that, I realized that my gift is not in being the best piano teacher or guitar teacher; it’s connecting all the dots - all the lessons I’ve learned in 20 years of doing this - to help others unlock their songwriting potential.
That’s why these days, I offer Songwriting Workshops designed to help folks work through any of the myriad challenges of writing songs: unlocking music theory concepts, writing stronger more compelling lyrics, setting the melody that’s stuck in their head to music, and so much more.
So if you’re feeling a little stuck - or just need an accountability buddy to give you feedback and keep you on track - holler. I truly love helping people write and finish songs.
Song Feedback
Sometimes you just need a sounding board.
Before I went into the studio to record my debut full-length album, I enlisted the help of a music producer to aid me in fine-tuning my songs. I paid a lot of money to get his feedback on my songs to get them ready for the studio; it was hugely helpful, but also very expensive. I want to be able to offer a similar service for a fraction of the cost, because I really love helping folks improve their work.
Whether you’re headed into the studio, headed to an open mic, or just looking for some ideas about what works and what doesn’t, Song Feedbacks are a quick and easy way to get thoughtful commentary on your work. You upload your song, and I spend about thirty minutes listening, addressing your self-identified challenges, and writing down what I think are the strengths and weaknesses of the tune, and my thoughts on recording, production, arrangement, etc.