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The guitar side

The instrument the company is named after

I’ve played guitar professionally for 37 years: lead guitar in bands, acoustic singer/song-writer solo shows, and my own records, published as SoulTech. Accepted by ASCAP in 2012 after committee review. Most of what I know about quality, nerves, risk-mitigation, and delivering live with no rollback, I learned on a stage first.

Black-and-white photo: a singer at the microphone and a guitarist in a hat and torn jeans on a checkerboard stage
Lead guitar with Tempo 66, Cross Street Station Ypsilanti MI, 1988, my 21st birthday
A singer and a guitarist performing on a club stage under green and purple light
Hall Pass, The Lime Kirkland WA, 2017
Playing a green electric guitar on stage in front of Marshall amplifiers
Hall Pass, Bite Of Seattle Seattle WA, 2016
Standing alone on a large stage, arms out, facing an empty auditorium
Hall Pass, Benaroya Hall Seattle WA, PNW Ballet Fundraiser
A guitar pedalboard on a ballroom floor during an evening event
Benaroya Hall Seattle WA, 2016
A five-piece band on a club stage with keyboards and guitars
Hall Pass, The Oxford Saloon Snohomish WA, 2016
A home studio: guitars on the wall, monitors, an audio interface and a keyboard
The home studio / practice space
Performance History / Bio1987 → present
  1. 01
    First paid gig 1987

    Cross St Station, Ypsilanti MI, Tempo 66, All Guitar Work, Backup Vocals

  2. 02
    Lead guitar, Hall Pass 2015 — 2018

    Seattle pop/rock. A local station once ranked us seventh in the metro. Bars and festivals through corporate events and stadium gigs.

  3. 03
    Stage manager, Issaquah Salmon Days, Front St Stage 2017

    Ran stages for the region’s largest annual festival, 250,000+ attendees: booked the acts and MC’d.

  4. 04
    Singer/Song Writer, as SoulTech 2015 — present

    Performing Acoustic Covers and Originals, Wine Bars and Coffee Houses, Vocals and Acoustic Guitar. Greater Seattle Area

  5. 05
    Solo, as SoulTech 1998 — present

    Writing, recording and releasing my own music. Some of it has been placed in film and television.

Off stage

A single dad of two daughters, a motorcyclist, and an unrepentant shade-tree mechanic. Most of my instincts about legible systems came from taking things apart.

Published · SoulTech
  • Far Away2012 · single
    spotify
  • Do You Feel2007 · placed in HBO's Empire Series - 3 shows
    spotify
  • Take Me Away2002 · single
    spotify
  • Other musicians perform as “Soultech” too (lowercase 't'). Mine are the ones listed here.