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Alex began playing music by age five, starting on piano and then acoustic guitar. His musical journey really began when he fell in love with the electric guitar as an early teenager after being inspired by videos of iconic guitarists like Eddie Van Halen. At that point, he began dedicating several hours a day to learning guitar, music theory, and improvisation. He was introduced to audio engineering once he started writing songs and wanted to record them himself. 

 

Wanting to dive deeper into guitar, music, and audio engineering, Alex went to study music production and jazz guitar at Shenandoah Conservatory in Virginia. After completing his studies he moved to New York City at the age of twenty-one to pursue a career as a guitarist and audio engineer. 

 

After arriving in NYC, he started off working as an assistant engineer with renowned jazz engineer Michael Perez-Cisneros at Big Orange Sheep, a recording studio in Brooklyn. After hundreds of recording sessions working with some of his favorite artists at the time (such as Kurt Rosenwinkel, Esperanza Spalding, and Gilad Hekselman) he went on to work as a freelance engineer and mixing/mastering from his home studio. Throughout this time he was performing guitar as a sideman for artists at venues around the NYC area. He also loves to repair and build guitars.

 

Currently based in Burlington, Vermont, Alex’s musical journey is always evolving. He is now playing a wide variety of instruments such as the oud (ancient ancestor of the lute and guitar), Native American flute, bansuri (Indian bamboo flute), and frame drum. His musical style with strong roots in jazz, rock, and improvisation is now blending with more recent influences from the Middle East, India, and Africa. He is currently taking on new students in-person in Burlington or remote and also mixing and mastering from his home studio.