Michael Anthony Shanks is a guitarist, composer and seasoned music teacher from Houston, TX. In addition to the guitar, he also teaches, ukulele, mandolin, banjo, electric bass, piano and saxophone. His music has taken him to some pretty amazing places such as Buenos Aires, Argentina and London, England. He c…

Duel Shape is a recent graduate from South Dakota State University. He is primarily a vocalist, guitar player, bass guitar player, piano player, and percussionist. Duel is an active performer in the Denver Metro area and performs as a front man for a band called Dirty Side Down. He is very active with his pe…

Preston Sharp is a passionate and motivated music education student at Houston Baptist University. He started his musical journey singing in church at age five. Upon reaching middle school, Preston joined the band as a percussionist, and took up the drum set. He spent the next several years playing in worship…

Chris Shaw, a multi-instrumentalist musician, has been playing music for nearly 13 years and has performed every genre under the sun. While he primarily teaches guitar, voice, and keyboard, he also plays and teaches bass, drums, mandolin, brass, and accordion.

As a seasoned player and teacher from Gainesvi…

Caleb is a country and blues musician from Dallas, Texas and an avid teacher of guitar, bass guitar, drums, and ukulele. He began his musical journey when he was 12 year old with middle school percussion and rock bands with his friends. He then picked up a guitar when he was a teenager and has never since bee…

Briahna Sherrod is a Board Certified Music Therapist who attended and graduated from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida to obtain her Bachelor’s in Music with a Secondary Degree in Education. She attended and graduated from Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida with her Master’s of Music i…

Jon Shockness aka KID ASTRONAUT is a R&B, Hip Hop, Punk musician born and raised in Denver, CO.

His early education included classical and performance training as a student at Denver School of The Arts before starting his own band AIR DUBAI in 2008. Air Dubai went on to perform on Vans Warped Tour, Journey…

Derek began his career as a musician at the age of 12 as a percussionist in school. When he turned 15, Derek began playing the drum set and guitar while taking lessons for both instruments. Later around the age of 18 he began to take up other instruments like bass and piano. While in college, Derek played in …

Lane Silva is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, and audio engineer from Brunswick, Georgia. Starting with the piano in 2005, Lane was always curious about music and performance, but he quickly found he had a deep passion for music. In 2007, Lane began to study guitar as well and he closely worked on these …

Chris has been a part of the music business most of his life both performing and teaching guitar professionally in the Atlanta area for over 30 years.

Chris grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California in the 60’s and early 70’s. He got his first guitar at age 12 and immediately began …