Colleen Bell General Manager
Colleen founded one of the first modern roller derby leagues in 2004 in her hometown of Madison, WI, and spent the next seven years building the roller derby empire as General Manager of the Mad Rollin’ Dolls and as President of the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association. She has found many similarities between young rockers and...Read More
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Rick Carney Music Director
Rick Carney is a musician, songwriter, producer, engineer and educator. A veteran of the American underground music scene, Carney moved to Austin in 1986 as a bassist with the infamous hardcore band EMG. In 1991, he switched to guitar and founded Jesus Christ Superfly, a mainstay of the Austin Punk scene. JCS was a critical and...Read More
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Yvonne Lu Studio Coordinator
While growing up in a modest suburb of Dallas, TX, Yvonne Lu began her love and appreciation of music at age 9 with piano lessons. Then her musical instruction continued for 6 years, from elementary school through high school, via classical training on the violin.
After high school, Yvonne moved to Austin in the...Read More
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Ahmed Garcia Guitar & Bass Instructor
Born in NYC in the summer of love, Ahmed Garcia was up-rooted and taken to Austin Texas where he was expertly raised by a pack of Austin Belly Dancers with his mother the great Belly Dancer “Lucila“ leading the way, of course. His exposure to music and the arts was early and took effective shape during the 1980’s when Ahmed would be given his...Read More
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Aaron Mason Guitar & Bass Instructor
Aaron Mason got his first electric guitar at the ripe old age of 10 and never looked back. Initially inspired by Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Van Halen, he decided to learn as much as he could about the instrument. Classical guitar lessons throughout his teenage years taught him how to read music and develop a thorough understanding of...Read More
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Jason McMaster Vocal Instructor
Jason McMaster is a vocalist, bassist and songwriter of the highest order. Starting with Progressive Thrash pioneers Watchtower, Jason has carved out an impressive body of work. Perhaps best known for his work with Dangerous Toys, Jason continues his legacy with the high energy riff masters Broken Teeth. Along the way Jason has...Read More
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Matt Moulis Drum Instructor
Instructor Matt Moulis has been playing drums for more than 17 years. He grew up in the Baltimore/D.C. area playing in hardcore and punk rock bands. At age 17, he financed, released, and distributed his first 7” record, which landed the band a feature in Maximumrocknroll magazine. From there, he began to regularly book his own shows...Read More
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George Mack Keys & Drum Instructor
In the early years, George Mack played Bass for the Punk Rock group Two Minute Hate, and was lead singer of Metal Funk group, Bouffaunt Jellyfish. Both groups toured extensively in the US.
From 1997 to 2000, George attended The Drummers Collective in New York, studying with Mike Clark of Herbie Hancock's Head Hunters among others. ...Read More
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Jamey Simms Guitar & Bass Instructor
Jamey Simms's first instrument was the trumpet at the age of 8 years old where he began a formal education in music. He started to play guitar four years later in 1984 after being inspired by The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, ZZ Top, and an underground heavy metal band at the time called Metallica.
Finding an early love of the blues through the...Read More
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Leslie Sisson Vocal, Bass, Guitar & Keys Instructor
Born and raised in Dallas, followed by stints in Denton, Austin, and Brooklyn, Leslie Sisson has been playing music for as long as she can remember, inspired by her musically inclined best friends... her folks. She began learning piano (like her mom) in grade school, then...Read More
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Rob Hooper Drum Instructor
Rob Hooper is a longtime percussionist/percussion instructor in Austin, TX. He has recorded and toured extensively, with such notable musicians as Carolyn Wonderland, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Guy Forsyth, Monte Montgomery, Seth Walker, The Resentments, Sister 7, The South Austin Jug Band, Wendy Colonna, ATASH, The Band of Heathens, Jon Dee...Read More
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Joey Scale Drum Instructor
Joey Scale is a third generation drummer from the Cleveland, OH area who relocated to Texas in February of 2012. While in Cleveland, Joey received his Bachelor of Music Degree in Percussion Performance from Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory. During this time, he played drums and percussion professionally for the Beck Center for the Arts (...Read More
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Josh Zee Guitar & Bass Instructor
Josh Zee plays lead guitar and sings for The Mother Truckers. Over the last 10 years they have released 4 albums and toured extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe. During which time, their music received nationwide airplay and song placements in television and movies. Most notably the HBO series True Blood. Josh also plays in another...Read More
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