Brian has been a professional musician all his life. He started playing acoustic guitar at age eight, and playing electric guitar and singing in rock bands at age fourteen. He started his music career as a blues-inspired musician, headlining Rock n’ Roll bands as a guitarist and lead singer. He played lead and rhythm guitar, and was lead singer in several highly successful rock bands throughout high school and college including Free Spirit, Slow Hand, Super Dog, and Masterpiece. He was a dues-paying member of the Musician’s Union by age seventeen.

Brian gained valuable recording experience in the Osmond Studios in Orem, Utah in the 1980’s. He also busked in Boise, Idaho and performed as a Solo acoustic guitarist and vocalist while attending college.

His passion for music technique and nuance led him to classical forms of European fingerstyle guitar. Brian studied fingerstyle guitar with Peppino D’Agostino and Adam Rafferty, two of the top acoustic guitarists in the world from 2017 - 2023. He studied songwriting with David Wilcox, famous songwriter who has written songs for many famous artists including K.D. Lang and Shawn Colvin. Brian was privileged to be included in an intensive master class in jazz guitar with world famous British jazz guitarist Martin Taylor. He studied for three years with world renowned vocal coach Annabelle Marie, Director of Voena, a world famous children’s choir. Brian performed on stage with Adam Rafferty at the First Street Cafe in California in 2018, and performed in the Sapphire Room, one of the top blues venues in the Western United States in 2024.

Today, he performs as a multi-instrumentalist, covering classic Rock n’ Roll and Blues from the 1950s through the 1980s, along with original music accompanied by his unique voice.