I was born with a guitar. It wasn’t anything special, but from the time I could say so, I would tell people this, because it was true. My Dad had an old Les Paul knock-off that he intended to be mine from the day I was born, and he made sure I knew it. I unfortunately lost Dad at a pretty young age, but not before he shared his love of musicians like Jimi Hendrix, Nick Lowe, and Bob Marley with me. I didn’t quite realize it then, but he gave me everything I needed. He gave me my foundation, music, and a life of making it to look forward to. I spent my teens learning to rock out to all my favorite punk rock songs, and it wasn’t long before I got a job in a record store owned by a family friend. Not just any record store, but a real deal old school record shop outside of Washington, DC. While there, I got a real life music education in the blues, jazz, soul, funk, country, bluegrass, folk, you name it, if it was music, we came across it and I listened to it. I studied the records that people turned me on to at the record shop, and I had some great guitar teachers who too who turned me on to jazz players like Grant Green, Wes Montgomery and Joe Pass. Somewhere along the line I fell in love with bluegrass music and learned the banjo, probably inspired by my love of Jerry Garcia and his music. After playing in bands of all kinds as a kid, from punk rock, to blues and rock and roll, and studying some music theory while playing low brass in the school band, it was only natural for me to start teaching music lessons. That ultimately led me to pursue a Music Education degree. I completed my Music Education undergrad, graduating cum laude from the Metropolitan State University of Denver in Colorado, and am currently working on graduate studies at Berklee College of Music Online. When I am not teaching or playing music I also do production work for large concerts and events, and I am an avid jogger — you can probably catch me jamming some tunes on a jog pretty much every day of the week. I currently teach private music lessons on guitar, banjo, bass guitar, and ukulele, and I now also have availability for produce and/or mix your next music project.
Here is a link to a recording of a song that I wrote called “Old Time Spirit.” I played, recorded, mixed, and mastered this recording:
Check out my YouTube channel for more music:
Things people have said:
“Tim is like the Bluegrass Shaman.” – Brian Olmstead
“We need more Tims!” – A pleased client
For more information or for scheduling contact Tim:
- Phone: (301) 318-1984
- Email: timsheamusic@live.com