Dog House Rock & Roll Camp Staff Resumes

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Dave Solzberg, Camp Musical Director

• Teacher of bass (electric and upright) and music production
• BA, MM in Music performance
• Owner, Pumpwerks productions
• Band/music/artist management, bookings/tour, recording, production, and PR
• Taught PR master class including press kits, posters, radio, newspapers
• Currently professional freelance bass player and bass music instructor

James Dumm

• Teacher of electric and acoustic guitar and music theory
• Playing guitar for 12 years
• Studied music for 4 years
• 3 years teaching at CU through their Continuing Ed Dept.
• Studied a broad range of musicial genres including rock, blues, jazz , classical, heavy metal
• 3 years of college music education including music theory, ear training, transcription dictation
• Specialize in slide guitar

Scott "Oly" Olson

• Teacher of guitar, bass, drums, harmonica, keyboards, mandolin
• 10 years public school teaching, 23 years private guitar/bass instruction
• Studied with John Abercrombie and Steve Masakowski

Joseph Brennan

• Teacher of Drums and Percusiion
• Professional drum lesson for over 6 years
• Played semi-pro in NYC club and bar scene for 10 years
• Trained and certified schoolteacher (English)
• Percussion line for school band
• Teaching for 5 years and private lessons

Niya Nolting

• Teacher of voice, songwriting and mic control
• Majoring in Music at CU
• Theory, piano, Sax, Drums, vocal instruction, CU choir
• Recorded CD in 2004
• Founder of original band Niya and the Satellites in 2005

Tim Buckman

• Teacher of guitar, music theory and songwriting
• Performer for over 15 years, toured with acts throughout the Front Range and nationally
• Performance experience in Hard Rock, Metal, Pop Country and R&B
• Graduate of the Guitar Institute of Technology (Hollywood), degrees in Classical Guitar, and Composition from Western Kentucky University and the University of Colorado
• Over 10 years teaching guitar in both private and classroom settings
• Teaching experience in Music Theory, Ear Training and songwriting
• Several awards in composition and songwriting, including one from Billboard's annual Songwriting Competition in 1994

Jordan Linit

• 6 years teaching guitar
• 8 years guitar study with private instructors, plus 3 years of music theory and 5 years of jazz theory
• Have played over 400+ gigs in the Colorado and central Missouri areas, and toured with original rock band Kinetix.

Studied with Mike Judd, Tom Williams, Sean Hennessy

Currently studying jazz guitar at DUs

Proficient in rock, funk, blues, classical, jazz, metal, finger-style

All DHM instructors undergo a Colorado Bureau of Investigation background check before beginning work.