From Stoney Creek, ON. Inspired by classmates at Orchard Park Secondary School to study guitar. After high school spent a term with Barry Cornfeld at Ed Simon's Guitar Study Center in New York City, then more guitar back in Hamilton at the Levantine School of Music with Gary Santucci, followed by private classical guitar instruction for many years with Gabriell Kish. David Leadbetter, credited on several of the videos was an overseas teaching colleague and is an essential contributor to the channel.