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MacMusicGuy Experience
Highlights of the MacMusicGuy's career, by area. Check the news page for highlights on recent activities.
Performing - Teaching - Studio - Writing - Jobs&Gigs - Styles
Performing - back to top
Solo pianist at numerous weddings and events (lots of jazz, pop, light classical).
Perform almost every Sunday with tom&co,
the praise band at Vineville North Baptist (now
Northway Church) (NOT your average praise band!).
Keyboardist for the Joey Stuckey Band (rock,
country, jazz), the Mosely
Dixon project & the Bob Huellemeir orchestra (swing,
big band, swing era pop tunes).
Music Director/keyboardist for
10 community & college theatre musical productions in South Carolina, Tennessee,
and Georgia.
Accompanist, Macon State Chamber Singers.
On-call keyboardist for the Grapevine, a popular middle Georgia oldies band.
Click here to see more info on the Facebook page!
Teaching/Education - back to top
Teach private keyboard and piano lessons at Young
America Music School - students
of all ages (5 to 85).
Have over 15 years experience teaching piano and other music courses at the
college level (Macon State College and Chattanooga State Technical Community
College).
Founded the James T. Bass jr. Center for Music Technology at
Macon State (which
is now defunct).
Accompanied his Macon State piano student who competed in the 2006 & 2007 Macon
Symphony Concerto Competition (She performed the
Kabalevsky Conerto #3 in D).
Earned a Masters Degree in Piano Performance from the University
of South Carolina (studied with John Williams). The
Bachelors in Music in Piano Performance was earned at the University of Tennessee
at Chattanooga (studied with Earl Miller).
Studio - back to top
Have writing, keyboard performing, arranging, sound design, production credits
Arrangements and/or keyboard for tom&co,
Cathead Dooley, Skeebo
Knight, plus
recordings
by Joey Stuckey and
the Bob Huellemeir Orchestra. The Blessed
Blend album "Journeys through the
Mist". Also had a hand in teh Grammy-nominated audiobook by Ed Grisamore
Styles include jazz, rock, country, pop, new age, classical, and several "et
ceteras".
Arranging and Writing - back to top
Have co-written and/or arranged music that has been performed Macon and elsewhere. Was the arranger and producer for Seasons by tom&co, which has received airplay in North America and Australia, and was featured on the Oasis CD's Christmas 2004 Acoustic Sampler and played on the internet radio show Joey Stuckey's Audio-Style. A track from Seasons was also selected for inclusion into a CD produced for an Australian public radio membership drive in 2006.
Wrote the music and produced the recording for Vineville Baptist's Vacation Bible Xtreme in 2005, 2006, and 2007. (The recording was done in-house on equipment at the church and in his studio)
Have also worked on jingles for Douglas County, Vineville North Baptist, others.
You can hear a lot of Tom's original recordings on Last.fm
Has received the ASCAPlus award from ASCAP for 6 years running for public performances of original music.
Jobs and regular gigs - back to top
Praise band director and audio editor, Vineville
North Baptist, 1994-present
Head, Music Department, Macon State, 1990-1997
Keyboardist, Bob Huellemeir Orchestra (since 1992)
Keyboardist,
Joey Stuckey Band (since 2000).
Technical Director, Vineville North Baptist,
2004 - 2006.
Styles - back to top
Just about all of them! Why not ask about your style?