#MoreThanMusic is a guest artist series I started for my high school students at Arkansas Virtual Academy during Covid. They get the opportunity to learn about individuals in the music/entertainment industry and ask them questions while getting advice from those speakers.
#MoreThanMusic - 2024/2025
Provide a short summary of your recent projects, highlighting the most important things.


Steve Porcaro
Keyboard/Composer
Erik Desiderio
Composer


TOTO
Ben 10 VR/ST Fleet
#MoreThanMusic - 2023/2024
Provide a short summary of your recent projects, highlighting the most important things.


Tom Yankton
Singer/Musician


Jeremy Huddleston
Composer/Arranger




Bill Schnee
Recording Engineer


Solo Artist
Discovery Channel
Grammy Award Winner
Noell Soraya
Lighting Director/Design
Glorilla/Kennedy Center
Dave Metzger
Film Score Composer
The Lion King/Frozen
#MoreThanMusic - 2022/2023
Provide a short summary of your recent projects, highlighting the most important things.


Kyle Jones
Tour Services


Chad Olech
FOH Audio Engineer




Josh Scalf
Trombone




Pioneer Transportation
Linkin Park/Green Day
Jake Owen/Keb Mo
LJ Mitchell
Keyboard/Music Director
Elevation/Maverick City
Nathan James
Gary Lunn
Singer
Inglorious/Iconic/TSO
Bass Guitar
Dolly Parton/Idena Menzell






Jerry Hey
Trumpet/Arranger
Michael Jackson/Quincy Jones
Chad Burris
Broadway Singer
Frozen/Almost Famous
Kevin Miller
Radio Personality
The Point 94.1






Malina Moye
Marc Fusco
John Ollis
Guitar/Singer
Director/Writer
Drum Maker
Record Label CEO
Saving Private Ryan
Biggy Drums


Michael Whittaker
Keyboards/Scoring




Robb McCormick
Mark Douthit
Singer/Songwriter
Saxophone
someguynamedrobb
TMNT/Power Rangers
Michael McDonald
#MoreThanMusic - 2021/2022
Provide a short summary of your recent projects, highlighting the most important things.


Blair Masters
Session/Stage Keyboards


Jien Takahashi
Shred Guitar




Dan Tracey
Session/Stage Musician




Garth Brooks
Stormheart/Majustice
Alan Parsons Project
Anna Phoebe
Violin
Trans Siberian/Jethro Tull
Libby Gray
Chip Latham
Lighting Director/Designer
STYX/Black Eyed Peas
Artist Management
The Stones/Hootie






Shem Von Schroek
Bass/Opera/Composer
TOTO/Kenny Loggins
Kevin Arrowsmith
Guitar/Mandolin/Fiddle
Luke Bryan/Dierks Bentley
Rosa Laricchiuta
Singer
TSO/Pussycat Dolls






Collier Cash
Jim Riley
Mark Schierholz
Guitar
Drums
Photographer/Painter
Foo Fighters/Young Artist
Rascal Flatts
Drummer Visions


Lendell Black
Composer/Arranger






Armando Gutierrez
Shauny Jang
David Wise
Trumpet
Composer/Sound Designer
Producer/Vocalist
Mariachi Amistad
Nathan East/Yamaha
Nintendo/Microsoft
Disney/One Republic
#MoreThanMusic - 2020/2021
Provide a short summary of your recent projects, highlighting the most important things.


Tom Yankton
Session/Utility Musician


Hollis Greathouse
Recording Engineer




Kimberly Flemming
Session/Stage Vocalist




Rascal Flatts/Chicago
Latin Grammy Winner
Wynonna/Reba
Jane Mangini
Keyboards
Trans Siberian/Alta Reign
C. Blake Smith
Jim Fitzpatrick
Composer/Product Dev.
Epic Games
Audio Engineer
Emmy Award Winner






Chris Rodriguez
Session/Stage Musician
Keith Urban/Kenny Loggins
Tom Reeves
Engineer/Producer
Grammy Award Winner
Steve Gibson
Guitarist/Music Director
The Grand Ol Opry






Martin Thomas
Bart Shatto
Steve Leopard
Lighting Director/Design
Singer/Actor/Broadway
Live Sound Engineer
Relentless Productions
Les Mis/Civil War/TSO
Sixwire


Brock Young
Young Canadian Artist