"After just one month's worth of bass lessons with Thad, I was gigging with Jack Ingram all over the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. After a year's worth of lessons I was a confident, solid bass player who could learn tunes quickly and play with many great musicians. Thanks Thad, learning to play bass from you was the best thing I ever did for my drumming!”

Mitch Marine (Brave Combo, Smashmouth, Jack Ingram)

Violins are often viewed as an elitist instrument, but Denton’s Leoncarlo Canlas has broken down that stigma through his namesake solo project, Leoncarlo. He also teaches the instrument at Bonduris Music, a Denton-based music school that prides itself on being “the choice of musicians from all over North Texas.”

Garrett Gravley, Dallas Observer

“Jeffrey Barnes spent decades of his life as the saxophonist in Brave Combo, the Grammy Award-winning polka band that was on an episode of the Simpsons, was once name-dropped by Bob Dylan, played Tiny Tim’s last recording session and contributed to the score of the Tupac Shakur film Bullet. He also regularly performs improvisational music comedy with Paul Slavens at Dan’s Silver Leaf on Monday nights, and performs in Joe Pat Hennen and the Industrial Street Jug Band. We dare you to find a music teacher with a CV that impressive.”

Garrett Gravley, Dallas Observer