Acoustic touch and rhythm section craft

Balancing active live and studio dates with structured mentorship for students, working accompanists, and small ensembles.

Freelance performance

Instrumental lessons

Combo coaching

Upright and electric bass accompaniment for concert engagements, festival lineups, and studio tracking sessions across Vancouver Island and the Pacific Northwest.

Focused private instruction in upright bass, electric bass, and guitar. Lessons emphasize physical ergonomics, acoustic touch, fretboard harmony, and solid time feel.

Practical ensemble clinics tailored for jazz, folk, and contemporary rhythm sections, drilling active listening, dynamics, and groove hierarchy between players.

Great accompaniment gives every soloist room to breathe and keeps the pulse steady.

Whether charting out changes in a rehearsal space or refining a student's right-hand technique, the objective remains clear: tone, restraint, and selfless ensemble musicianship.

Working credentials

14 yrs

active performance

45+

studio recording dates

20+

weekly private students

12

ensemble combos coached

Booking festival engagements, session work, and private studio terms in Victoria.