Learn Guitar from an award-winning, nationally touring acoustic musician with 30+ years experience
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About Spook H.
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Pizza Delivery Guy
Jun, 1982 - Sep, 1999Campus Pizza
What a perfect job for a musician - especially a songwriter. At one point all of the pizza delivery guys & gals at Campus Pizza were working musicians. We filled in for each other when one of us had a gig. And we co-wrote songs and taught guitar licks to each other. What good times!!
Performing Alongside Pete Seeger
Oct, 2003 - Jan, 2014Perhaps America's Greatest Folk Musician of All Time
I had the incredible fortune of performing alongside Pete Seeger more than 50 times in the last ten years of his life. The wealth of knowledge I learned from him has permeated every aspect of my musicianship - as well as every aspect of my life. Pete knew how to master a few simple techniques on his instrument and write simple songs that have changed the world for the better. He knew how to turn an arena or stadium into a living room getting everybody to sing along. If I could pass forward a small fraction of what I learned from Pete, that would make my day.
Co-Ordinator of the Princeton Songwriters
Feb, 2001 - Feb, 2005a Chapter of the Nashville Songwriters Association
What a joy working with aspiring songwriters - and learning a lot from them, as well.
Masters Track Coach and Team Captain
Jun, 1999 - Sep, 2004Raritan Valley Road Runners
Running in the woods is one of the best places for writing songs - especially working on lyrics.
New Jersey's Longest Running Talent Showcase
Sep, 1985 - Sep, 2005Corner Tavern in New Brunswick
Over the course of exactly 1000 shows, I have seen first-hand over 3000 performers, hundreds of whom were playing in public for the first time. Only a few years into this, it was a natural step forward for me to begin coaching performers on guitar, performance and songwriting techniques.
Education
LSAT Teacher & Teacher Trainer
Feb, 1900 - Dec, 1983Kaplan Test Prep
Touring Guitar Workshop Instructor
Aug, 2000At Festivals and Music Conferences throughout North America
Best Folk Artist
May, 1982 - Dec, 1988East Coast Rocker
Bachelors Degree in Math and Business Administration (Phi Beta Kappa) & (Pi Mu Epsilon)
Sep, 1977 - May, 1982Rutgers University
Awards
Best Folk Artist
Dec, 1988East Coast Rocker and others
No. 2 Song
Nov, 2018International Radio Charts
Affiliations
Phi Beta Kappa
May, 1992The Phi Beta Kappa Society celebrates and advocates excellence in the liberal arts and sciences. Its campus chapters invite for induction the most outstanding arts and sciences students at America’s leading colleges and universities. The Society sponsors activities to advance these studies — the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences — in higher education and in society at large.
Folk Alliance International
Feb, 2004To nurture, engage and empower the international folk music community — traditional and contemporary, amateur and professional — through education, advocacy and performance.
Nashville Songwriters Association International
Feb, 2001The Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) is the world’s largest not-for-profit songwriters trade association. Established in 1967, the membership of more than 5,000 active and pro members spans the United States and six other countries. NSAI is dedicated to protecting the rights of and serving aspiring and professional songwriters in all genres of music.
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