Don’t take that tone with me

For the last nine years I have had the pleasure of teaching at an incredible music school in Levelland, Texas: South Plains College. SPC is world-renowned and is the alma mater of Natalie Maines (The Dixie Chicks), Heath Wright (Ricochet), The Spring Creek Bluegrass Band, Jedd Hughes, Cale Richardson (former guitar for Honey Browne and now with Ryan James), Leann Wommack, A Road Less Travelled, and countless other talented and successful musicians.

I’ve served as the Director of Guitar Studies, Co-Director of the Entertainment Business Program and as the creator/producer/director of AlternaTV (an amazing live rock television show). I’ve also served on the scholarship committee, the video production technology committee, and on the Creative Arts Management Team. I’ve taught Performance and Promotion For the Independent Artist, Survey of the Music Business, Live Music and Talent Management and numerous rock ensembles. I’ve taught hundreds of students, met some incredible players (Johnny Highland, Eric Johnson, Ian Moore, David Brandon, Gary Hoey…) and made some amazing friends.

So it is bittersweet that I announce I won’t be returning to full-time service at South Plains College in the fall. For those of you attending this coming semester, don’t worry. I’ll still be around teaching part-time. But other demands in my life now have to come to the fore.

You see I have a secret. And it’s time to share it with the world. My wife Amy and I have always dreamed of working together creating art and music all day. We started our marriage that way… touring with a band called Rapunzel. We worked with kids and in recovery circles. I did sculpture, painting and teaching on the side. We had a daughter, toured with Curt Dubose, 100 Love Sonnets, Meltdown Morning and The HiFi Collective, and I did album covers. We created and shared everything together.

But over the last few years, life has seemed to get more and more complicated. We began to work together less and less. And with that, we created less music and less art.

So I’m announcing that Amy and I are pursuing our dream. We’re both dedicating ourselves full-time to the creation of great art and music. Our two companies will take a majority of our time (FarisWheel Productions and the Amusement Park Studio), along with playing in a new, as yet unnamed original band. Not to mention raising our amazing daughter and volunteering for Ballet Lubbock. Our plate is full. And all of it is love.

To those of you I’ve had the pleasure of teaching over the years, thank you. You have inspired me more than you know. To those of you that I’ve worked with and for at South Plains, I sincerely appreciate your support, friendship and the opportunity to work at an amazing place.

So if you’re out there and need a website, album cover, poster, business card, album recording, jingles, music production, car washed, etc… Drop me a line. We deliver amazing art and music.

Wish us luck. Here we go off the cliff!

Love, Scott & Amy