Aaron P.

Professional guitarist with over 40 years of experience. Aaron started playing guitar at the age of 12 and was in his first high school rock band at 16. He eventually got involved in Jazz. He won several awards as a Jazz guitarist such as Outstanding Guitarist at TVCC Jazz festival, Best Guitarist at Boise State Jazz Festival as well as the Louis Armstrong Award.  After graduating from high school and college, Aaron worked periodically with several engineering groups either as employee or contractor ranging in architecture, structural and civil design. He performed well within this professional world, but the crash of 2008 left him exploring his other talents more seriously.  Also, during that period, he ran his own recording studio, worked as an associate producer in music, attended martial arts classes and was in a highly successful club band all at once in his mid 30's. At that point in his life, he was energetic and highly motivated, thus he enjoyed staying busy and entertained.  Aaron went on to play in several different successful cover bands. He also performed in bands playing the Bourbon Street, New Orleans scene. Aaron also was in an original act called Pandoras Box in the early 2000's. Soon after he went on to be an associate producer for a few music producers and also participated in many studio recordings.  Aaron is a confident studio recording engineer and producer with over 23 years experience with in studio performance. Lastly, Aaron is a BMI musician with over 50 published recordings. Most of them being originals. Aaron collects royalties from one of his songs featured on a European TV show that has been running for several years. Lastly, Aaron currently is a luthier making custom electric guitars from scratch. His shop is called, Greenhouse Luthiers. Guitar teacher/instructor self employeed-Boise, ID February 2007 to March 2009 Tried my abilities at teaching beginning to advanced guitar lessons and seminars. Was very successful. I acquired as much as 24 private student lessons per week teaching primarily guitar, but also instructed on bass and drums. I ceased this line of work because I moved to Eugene Oregon and became a Karaoke DJ for a couple years. Structural Engineering Designer Pinnacle Engineering, Trus Joist McMillin, Weyerhaeuser, Alpine Engineering and Idaho Power.-Boise, ID April 1995 to March 2008 Worked for various structural engineering groups either as a designer, representative, drafter and or contractor. I retired from this line of work after the second economy crash in 2008. I was in a mass layoff with no contract renewal. It impacted my families finances so hard a separation occurred. So restarting my life, I switched gears into doing something that I enjoyed more. I went into freelancing in several different music endeavors for over a decade. Associate Producer and coordinator Gruntwerks Productions-Boise, ID 2006 to 2007 Contract Associate Producer for production company doing various jobs. I was the coordinator and producer of a festival act billed as The Summer of Love. I conducted 14 musicians and singers preparing for Vegas style shows. I was also in charge of the Hyde Park Music Festival in that time, coordinator for vendors, acts and special events. Lastly, I was assigned to help find bookings for existing acts such as Paul Rodgers, The Drifters, and several other acts. We were looking into developing a record label with them signing international acts. Studio recording engineer and musician Def-Dawg Studios-Boise, ID 2002 to 2003 I was on the ground floor of a startup music studio that was being built. I participated in its construction and also recorded tracks, mastering and mixing. I also performed as a studio session guitarist. Although ever so brief. Eventually they sold the studio and it became the Tonic Room Studios.