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Teaching Artist Statement

Music Center of the Northwest is a self-determining, supportive, open environment where, no matter what your musical interest is, you can find an outlet for it. I teach here because I have been able to build my own jazz, rock, and guitar program from scratch (in collaboration with our wonderful administrative staff) and I have had a blast doing it. I would like to thank our current executive director Chas Arnold for continuing to support my vision.

Guitar is my main instrument (electric and acoustic, classical and pop); my studio includes electric bass, beginner and intermediate level piano, and beginning drum kit. I also teach jazz and rock ensembles, jazz and classical music theory, basic audio engineering, and have a Ph.D. in music composition.

I find that students who enjoy working with me have strong individual motivations and musical drives, as well as a desire to determine themselves artistically. I don’t “instruct” students so much as point them in the right direction, and then endeavor to guide them to where they want to go by personal demonstration of my own abilities and how I built them.

Teaching Bio

Music Center of the Northwest is a self-determining, supportive, open environment where, no matter what your musical interest is, you can find an outlet for it. I teach here because I have been able to build my own jazz, rock, and guitar program from scratch (in collaboration with our wonderful administrative staff) and I have had a blast doing it. I would like to thank our current executive director Chas Arnold for continuing to support my vision.

Guitar is my main instrument (electric and acoustic, classical and pop); my studio includes electric bass, beginner and intermediate level piano, and beginning drum kit. I also teach jazz and rock ensembles, jazz and classical music theory, basic audio engineering, and have a Ph.D. in music composition.

I find that students who enjoy working with me have strong individual motivations and musical drives, as well as a desire to determine themselves artistically. I don’t “instruct” students so much as point them in the right direction, and then endeavor to guide them to where they want to go by personal demonstration of my own abilities and how I built them.

Performance Bio

David has played electric bass as a hired sub for Jackie Lomax, otherwise known as “Liverpool Slim,” circa 2011, in Ojai, CA.