Jesse James Russell began playing guitar at age 8 and performing at age 10. Growing up in a rural community in Eastern Washington, he has always had a strong appreciation for blues, country and roots music. Mostly self-taught, Jesse did not have many opportunities to get lessons or play with other musicians b…

Jack Schonher grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and now lives in Seattle, Washington. Jack was raised in a household that loved classic rock music of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s which formed much of his initial musical interest. He began taking guitar lessons at the age of 8 years old and progressed through f…

Dan has been a professional guitarist for 25 years based primarily in Seattle, Dallas and Denver’s music markets and has recently relocated back to his hometown after a 20 year residency in Denver, CO. He has toured extensively throughout the United States performing various genres of music including Jazz, Ro…

Born and raised in Indianapolis, Brian Scott began his study of music on the violin and piano at the age of four. He played chamber music and solo repertoire throughout elementary and high school, when he began composing as well. He was awarded the Thomas L. Read Award in Composition upon graduating from the …

Martin started playing violin at age 9 and quickly found that he loved to play any stringed instrument he could get his hands on–including a sanxian (3-stringed Chinese lute) he picked up and performed on during a recent trip to China. He says, “Ever since I played my orchestra challenge piece for my grandma…

Alynn Sobolik is a multi-instrumentalist from Kent, WA. He started taking guitar lessons at age twelve, but fell in love with the instrument at sixteen. He started a band in high school with a fellow guitar student and has continued to play ever since. Having his father as inspiration, Alynn taught himself ho…

Wilson formed a loving relationship with music & art at a young age. While being raised by two true lovers of music in a small town outside of Atlanta, he was given an appreciation of the art form at a young age. He began learning drums and bass guitar at the age of 12 through various private lessons and sch…

Owen is multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter from the Pacific Northwest. He began his musical education at the age of five with piano lessons before adding the guitar three years later. In 5th grade he chose to take band and came home from school with a dented rental trombone. This desire to learn and…

Elijah Thomson currently plays bass for Father John Misty and is a renown musician and producer in the music industry. Over a 25 year career, he has amassed hundreds of recording credits and thousands of live performances around the world with myriad artists—including: Father John Misty, The Wallflowers, Na…

Ryan, very simply, loves to play and enjoys helping other people love it. Ryan’s main musical love is the bass guitar, followed closely by 6 string acoustic and electric, and he also sings from time to time.

Ryan has been playing bass guitar and guitar for over 20 years. Pretty closely following that, he…