Honesty is inspiring
Letting out your true self can be a challenge, for sure. I've been working at growing in honesty, artistry, and vulnerability as an artist for the last 2 decades. Hopefully you can hear that in the art that I create and in recent years, I've been coaching artists in expressing who they are and what they see too.
Music
Hopefully you're here because you want to connect more about music. I love all of the things that surround artistry, but the connections that we make and the ahas we get to share are my favorite. Thanks for being a part of this!
Coaching
In my opinion, artistry and teaching go hand-in-hand. Maybe it's because I believe so strongly that everyone needs a mentor and to find ways to be a mentor. I teach and coach individually and in classes for specific instruments, songwriting, and leadership (privately & for orgs like Urban Ventures Music Academy & the Bilingual Learning Center in Minneapolis).
Community
Hopefully you'll see depth and a wide variety of intersections in my art, but this isn't just about me and my art. I'm working to build and support communities doing work that's important to me. Honest creativity, cherishing the natural world, dismantling white supremacy, and reimagining what "church" or spiritual community could be.
Lake Street Flames
https://youtu.be/9CPv9zmWj0s Lake Street Flames Song Story It's been a year. Maybe we say that a lot these days, but I'm… Read More
Beginner Modal Guitar Scales
Modes (and modal guitar scales) can feel really confusing. In this post you'll find movable scale shapes for each mode--simple,… Read More
Look for the Light
Here's a song Laura Lou and I wrote for a recent Fabric livestream. It was feeling like what we needed… Read More