Music

I've played music most of my life. I perform with several bands, and I teach adults to play.

Music is where I test everything I teach about learning and the brain, in my own playing and in helping adults learn to play.

Projects

Have banjo, will travel. Original songs in the alt-country/Americana vein, with room to breathe and space to think.

Like bluegrass, but more chill. Clawhammer banjo, slow tempos, and a front porch where everyone's welcome.

Old-time music with guts and pulse. A fiddle-banjo duo with Justin Manglitz, award-winning master distiller and fiddler.

I play solo shows around north Georgia: banjo, guitar and songs at wineries, markets, restaurants and breweries.

I teach music to adults, especially adults who think they missed their window. They didn't. The brain can learn to play music at any age.

Most adults who struggle were never shown how to practice. When they change how they practice, they start making progress again.

The Brainjo Method is the approach to learning music that I created. It's built on how the brain learns, and it teaches you:

Thousands of adults have used it to play music they were sure was out of reach.

A performance, a workshop, and a talk can all be part of the same event.