John has over twenty-five years professional experience as a bass guitarist, acoustic guitarist, music director, and producer both in live performance and in the recording studio. He began touring at seventeen years old, and his bass guitar has since taken him all over the U.S. and to eight countries internationally.

He earned a degree emphasizing Music, Music Business, and Recording Technology at Shoreline Community College, and was privileged to attend the Musician’s Institute in Hollywood under the original faculty, which featured renowned bassists like Ray Brown, Jeff Berlin, and Bob Magnusson and guitarists like Pat Martino, Robben Ford, and Joe Diorio.

Early in his career, John was an in-demand studio bassist and a freelance “side-man” on the bass guitar, recording and performing in Los Angeles and Seattle. He was a founding producer with DarkHorse Music Media, creating, arranging, and recording music for advertising and commercial video production, and has served as music director for large conventions with as many as 10,000 attendees.

John is skilled in a wide variety of musical styles—rock, jazz, funk, pop, R&B, blues & gospel—and approaches teaching using a student-interest-driven method enhanced by a hands-on understanding of music theory and harmony.

In addition to the bass guitar at all levels, John teaches beginner and intermediate acoustic guitar.