About the Author

I'm a freelance musician. A Startup Musician, if you will. I play upright, electric, and synth bass. I'm also a Music Director and do everything that goes along with that. I also DJ. I also write, like when I wrote this book. I get to play a lot of different music with lots of different people. It's pretty great. Some people I've played with include Loa Greyson, Tommy Walker, Ethan Bortnick, Crystal Lewis, Teryn Re Big Band, Quadron, The Angeles Chorale, Jacq Becker, Ry Bradley, Downbeat LA, Faith Shaw, Scott Ryan, Soultones, Jen Oikawa Trio, Sara Pumphrey, and The Los Angeles Collaboration. You've probably never heard of most of those, right? Perfect. I'm someone who isn't a household name, but gets the incredible privilege of making music for a living. I've been very fortunate to play music in Italy, Germany, South Korea, Austria, Canada, Switzerland, Russia and all over the United States. Ooh, and I was on PBS. Ooh and KCRW here in LA. I teach private lessons individually and as an adjunct teacher at Citrus College. I've also taught at multiple summer music camps, and have run camps with some other excellent musicians. Besides freelancing, teaching, and Startup Musician, I also get to make music with my wonderful wife who is a singer songwriter.