Resume

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Education

Graduated Summa Cum Laude with a major in Jazz Composition, Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA, 2007-2010

Graduated Magna Cum Laude with a major in Graphic Design, Troy University, Troy, AL, 2001-2004

Skills

Fluent in a variety of styles on fretted and fretless electric bass

Fluent in composition/arranging

Proficient in music technology such as Apple Logic Pro, Sibelius, and Reason

Awards and Honors

Featured bassist for the week of August 4th through the 11th, 2010 on ForBassPlayersOnly.com

2009 Zildjian Max Roach Scholarship, Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA

Entering Student Scholarship 2006, Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA

W.C. Handy Award 2001, Wallace Community College, Dothan, AL

Outstanding Soloist Award, Loyola University Jazz Fest 2001, New Orleans, LA

Highlighted Performances and Recordings

Wrote, produced and performed several versions of a jingle for Ed Sherling Ford that was played regularly on several major radio stations, Dothan, AL

Bassist for Wiregrass Church, 2005-present, Dothan, AL

Bassist for Reunion Christian Church, 2008-2009, Boston, MA

Bassist for Park Street Church, 2008-2009, Boston, MA

Bassist for Bill Robinson and the People’s Club Band, 2008-2009, Cambridge, MA

Bassist for funk/neo-soul band, Ferrous Wheel, 2009, Boston, MA

Bassist, band leader and composer for jazz/fusion band, The Blake Branch Group, in The Berklee College of Music’s annual Bass Department Concert for two years in a row, February 2008 and 2009, as well as various recitals, Boston, MA

Appeared as a bassist on Paradyne recording artist Brandon Kelley’s debut album, How Love Goes, 2007

Bassist with Christian rock band, Balance, opening for acts such as The Afters, Big Daddy Weave and Todd Agnew, 2005-2007

Bassist and musical director for a jazz quartet providing entertainment for a corporate event for Sony Electronics, which featured Dr. Ryoji Chubachi, the president and chief operating officer of Sony Japan and Stan Glasgow, president and chief operating officer of Sony Electronics in the United States, June 2007, Dothan, AL

Bassist with Ruben Studdard, Dothan Civic Center, August 2006, Dothan, AL

Bassist for Harvest Church, 2004-2006, Dothan, AL

Releases self-produced jazz/fusion album of original compositions, Look Both Directions, 2004

Other

Participated in Victor Wooten’s Bass and Nature Camp, 2004 and 2005

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