Performance Experience
• 20 years of live performance and touring experience
• Well over 1500 shows played in 36 different states, Canada, and Japan
• Facility in all styles, strong technique, and excellent composition and arranging skills

Family Groove Company (2001 - present) Original jazz/rock quartet currently touring Midwest college, club, and theater circuit; 900+ shows played, 4 albums independently released familygrooveco.com
• Developed rock solid time feel, background vocals, songwriting abilities, confident stage presence, and "road warrior" mentality
• Arranged music for four full-length albums, particularly excelling in the composition, development, and refinement of rhythm section ideas.

Steve Kimock Crazy Engine (2008 - 2009) National tour with guitarist Steve Kimock (Bruce Hornsby, Zero) and keyboardist Melvin Seals (Jerry Garcia Band) kimock.com
• Worked with several world-class musicians and gained further performance experience in rock, fusion, jazz, and gospel styles.

Everyone Orchestra (2007 - present) Rotating bassist for this all-improv allstar ensemble, alongside members of Dave Matthews Band, Phish, and many others everyoneorchestra.com
• Honed abilities to mesh with new players, take musical risks, and hold together an improvising ensemble

Joe Marcinek Band (2012 - present) Original funk/jazz band with rotating personnel including Jennifer Hartswick (trumpet, Trey Anastasio Band), Natalie Cressman (trombone, Trey Anastasio Band), Steve Molitz (keys, Particle), Allie Kral (fiddle, Cornmeal), and many more. Emphasis on improvisation.

Terrapin Flyer (2014 - present) Rotating bassist for Chicago's premier touring Grateful Dead cover band.

JJ & Dre (2015 - present) Original rock and roll band based in Chicago that performs regionally.

Additional various short-term projects encompassing many styles (1995 - present)

Studio Credits
Models and Metrics - Family Groove Company (2008, GFF Music)
Live in Chicago - Family Groove Company (2008, GFF Music)
The Charmer - Family Groove Company (2006, GFF Music)
Reachin' - Family Groove Company (2002, GFF Music)
Jonas - Jonas (2001, Reason to Rhyme Music)
Dead in Dog Years - Dave Sansoucie (1999, Iko's Music)

Education and Awards
Commercial Artist Degree in bass from Musicians Institute (BIT) in Hollywood, CA; Received "Outstanding Bass Player of the Year" award
Music minor at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, PA; Graduated Cum Laude.

References - Contact information available upon request
Victor Wooten
Steve Kimock
George Porter, Jr. (Bassist, The Meters)
Alexis Sklarevski (Bass Department Head, Musicians Institute, Hollywood, CA)