Your Classical Guitar Input Here

The long way around...

I showed an ear for music from a young age, and by the time I was ten my parents had tried pointing me at the xylophone and the accordion with nominal results.

At age ten I got a guitar, and after a year or so of cheesy Mel Bay-type lessons my Mom found a classical guitar teacher. His name was Manuel Sanguesa, and he was an old Spaniard with classical guitar in his blood. Under Manuel's tutelage, music cracked wide open for me.

Since those days my playing has gone far beyond pure "classical" territory, but no matter what style I am playing it is informed by my classical roots.