When I was 16, a kid in my school orchestra brought tapes to school of original songs he made.

Kids hovered around him, unimpressed with my Paganini caprices.

I remember thinking, “I’m just not a creative person like him”.

That thought crushed me. 

 I wondered, “What if I could learn to be a more Creative musician”?  

 I joined a rock band. Then blues, Jazz, folk, gospel, pop, Latin… you name it, I did it. I was committed to finding my own thing and I eventually did. 

This led to forging my own career path, developing a teaching method,  and training teachers and freelancers to go  beyond the old teaching and orchestral career model.