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If anyone comes across this site and prefers leaving a message on my guestbook you can find it by clicking on the INFO section to your right on the menu bar. Click on Old News and there is a link there for the old guestbook or actually it is still functioning. I encourage students and potential students to read over some of the entries that have been left there over the years. Some of the entries are just personal greetings, but there are others that students have left comments about their experiences with taking lessons that might help give you some guidance. You can also copy and past the link below into your address bar on your web browser and it should take you right to it.

http://htmlgear.tripod.com/guest/control.guest?u=p150rulz&i=1&a=view

Here is a list of References that I hold in high regard that I also encourage any potential student or Parents of students to feel free and contact. Below the references is a list of past and present students that I have either worked with or are presently working with. I am working on an email list to go with each name but a lot of them are over 10 years old and email addresses and locations have changed. I am not listing any phone numbers for students only email addresses but if you know anyone on the list or would like to contact them I would be glad to get word to them. I feel like this is a very important part of what I do and what I have done with these various students and why the majority of them have been successful in obtaining their goals. Here is the list starting with References.

REFERENCES

Mr. Will Denton 615-319-9726 Professional Musician (Drummer for DC Talk, Steven Curtis Chapman, presently LeAnn Rimes.)

Mr. Paul Tallent - 256-572-0140 Arab High School Band Director

Ms. Amy Isom - 256-931-9256 Arab Junior High School Band Director/Assistant High School Band Director.

Mr. Wayne Washam - 256-586-3152 Retired Arab High School Band Director

Mr. Darren "DJ" Jones - 256-599-5282 Musician Praise Team Leader Arab First United Methodist Church

Mr. Mychael John Thomas - 256-486-4035 Musician/Songwriter/Local Music Teacher

Mr. Jimmy Rowell - 256-878-7404 Musician/Bassist and past bandmate.

Mr. Bruce Thornhill 256-586-6413 Musician and Songwriter

Mr. Brandon Snider 256-694-7514 Musician and Songwriter

Mr. Brian Quillin 256-506-9084 Choral Director (AMT) Arab High School

Mr. Anthony Wilson 256-679-6004 Pianist Arab First United Methodist Church

PAST AND PRESENT STUDENTS (note that not all of my students participated in the Arab Band Program. I have or have had a lot of students that just wanted to learn to play the drum kit well enough to jam with their friends in bands or play drums in their Church Youth groups or Praise and worship bands. One thing I am extremely proud of is the number of students that I had that went on to become Drum Captain of the Drum line. So many of those kids worked hard to achieve that goal and I am very proud of those young men and women that met that goal. I will recognize those students beside their names.

Kevin Kennamer - Student (Drum Captain)
Steven Bombino - Student
Adam Sides Student (Drum Captain)
Matt Fall - Student (Drum Captain)
Jacob Maze - Student
Shane Maze - Student
Johnny Menke - Student
Kevin Pate - Student
Jacob Bradford - Student
Brantley Maze - Student
Devon Fall - Student
Adam Bagwell - Student
Matt Hendrix - Student
Rhett Miller - Student
Mike Harden - Student
Devon Fall - Student
Katie Dumas - Student
Brianna Moore - Student
Seth Harbison - Student (Drum Captain)
Robbie Hargraves - Student (Drum Captain
David Self - Student (Drum Captain)
Kelli Gregory - Student
Ben James - Student
Cody Kirkland - Student
Daniel Mann - Student
Blake Rees - Student (Drum Captain
Christina Hardin - Student (Drum Captain)
Abbey Jones - Student
Jay McCormack - Student
Cody Hasty - Student
Elizabeth Oaks - Student
Erik Nylander - Student
Evan Henager - Student
Hope Ahrens - Student
Kevin Atchley - Student (Drum Captain)
Ben Atchley - Student (Present student)
Matt Toles - Student
Cameron Mann - Student
Patrick Lyndsey - Student
Drew Schatzell - Student (Present student)
Sumner Gibbs - Student (Present student)
Will Hudson - Student (Present student)
Evan Bayer - Student (Present student)
Brad Yarbro - Student (Present student) (made High School Drum line as an 8th grader in the Guntersville High School Band)
Trey Long - Student (Present student)
Anna Brown - Student (Present student)
Hunter Denton - Student (Drum Captain)
Cody Rees - Student (Present student)