Confessions of a Keyboardist

Born in Nashville TN, Jarvis Sims began his musical footing at the age of 2.  He started playing organ and keyboards at 15, serving as a church musician.  While attending Tennessee State University he accompanied the Gospel choir, New Direction.  He was also pianist in Tennessee State’s jazz band and is a member of Phi Mu Alpha Music Fraternity.  As a professional musician in Nashville , Jarvis can be heard playing for weddings, church services at Love Cathedral, banquets, jazz venues, concerts, club gigs and much more. 

Love Cathedral Ministries

Doing Great Things feat. Jimmy, Bernard, Greg (Spike), Marquez, Calvin

Derrick Jackson on Organ

Lady Antebellum | Downtown

Yamaha MOXF Series

Soul Vibes Collective

The Legendary Elbernita “Twinkie” Clark

The Clark Sisters | You Brought The Sunshine

Enkay Ogboruche feat. Kierra Sheard | Salute

Perfect Ear Training App

Ashley Danyew | 75 Hymns That Teach Musical Concepts

100 Hymns Everyone Should Learn

Hymnary: My Soul Loves Jesus

Beverly Crawford | Can’t Nobody Do Me Like Jesus

Byron Cage | I Will Bless the Lord

How To Play Preaching Chords Easily in Any Key : For Beginners

The Tritone | The Devil’s Interval? Two Minute Music Theory #16

Ricky Dillard | God’s Will is What I Want

Joseph Wooten

Directions to Love Cathedral Church

Born in Lexington, Kentucky and Raised in Smithfield North Carolina, Winfield Cheek has run the highs and lows of the Music Business.  A Professional Musician at age 10, Winfield started his musical journey as a Drummer!  Taking Piano lessons on the side and by High School he was playing Keyboards and Guitar in Bands.  A professional musician for over 40 years he has performed with Artists such as Black Oak Arkansas, Jim Ed Brown, Hellen Cornelius and Margo Smith. Of special note, he performed on the Grand ol Opry with Jim Ed Brown in the Mid 80's.  He is currently touring with the Texas Swamp Pop Sensation known as Shinyribs, based in Austin, Texas where he is belovedly known as the Forrest Gump of Rock n Roll!  Available for Weddings and Bar Mitzvahs 

Texas Music Scene Trouble Trouble

Texas Music Scene Lime Juice & Despair

How Shinyribs Became Texas’ Hottest Band

Shinyribs

Shinyribs | Tub Gut Stomp and the Red- Eyed Soul

Jim Ed Brown, Helen Cornelius | I Don’t Want to Have to Marry You

Shinyribs at Austin City Limits | Song of Lime Juice and Despair

Shinyribs at Austin City Limits | East Texas Rust

Robert Earl Keen

John Thompson’s Modern Course for the Piano

Love Disco | Lenny Fontana and DJ Alexia

CBGB

The Legendary Alley Studios

Casper Rawls

Red Young

Sandy Beaches Cruises

Armadillo Christmas Bizarre | Pianorama 2016

No Jazz Fest

Shinyribs at Brooklyn Bowl Tickets

Nashville-based Jon Ross is an independent singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and bridge builder. Placing your journey as the listener at the center of his work, Ross weaves clever arrangements and gentle humor with a true rock n roll instinct to both entertain you and bring you from here to better.

Jon was born and raised in the Chicago area, began his musical training in 1976 with piano lessons, and has gone on to become an accomplished pianist, vocalist, songwriter, drummer/percussionist, composer/arranger, conductor, and educator. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Music Education degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and his Master of Music in Band Conducting from the University of Kansas. Jon has always enjoyed working with kids and has been a professional educator for more than 25 years. 

Although he started out on piano, Ross cycled through an array of instruments (drums, violin, trumpet) before circling back to piano for composition. When music brought him to Music City, he deepened his commitment to his own creative path, leaving the security of full-time work behind, but gaining flexibility and energy.

In 2017 Ross released his first EP, Keep on Playin’, featuring six tracks.  (The title track, incidentally, was written the day after the Chicago Cubs came from behind in the 9th inning to advance to the 2016 Championship Series.) The cabaret-twists of Billy Joel and Ben Folds are obvious comparisons in Ross’ music. Less obvious? Phil Collins (in the Genesis era), his biggest musical influence.

His second album entitled Journey Through Life Vol. 1 was released in August of 2019 and was very well received by his listeners.

In addition to performing his music in the Nashville area and online (via Facebook live stream), Jon is also a cast member of Nashville-based ‘80s and ‘90s cover band Rubiks Groove, and he also operates his own private lesson studio.

A direct line to his ear is always available to his fans and followers. Newsletters, blog posts, and social media are more than just a way of sharing information. They are how Ross communicates his vision of a more balanced world – one infused with more art, where the heaviness of life is only part of the story. And in that world, there’s you, feeling decidedly better at the end of the show than when it began.

Jon lives in Antioch with his wife and two daughters. When not teaching, performing or writing, Jon enjoys date nights with his wife, taking his family on out-of-town trips, watching movies, playing with model trains, and, of course, rooting for the Chicago Cubs. 

Jon Ross Musician

Jon Ross Patreon

The Music Institute of Chicago | Winnetka

Casio CZ-5000

George Gershwin | Rhapsody in Blue

Band Directors: Education’s Toughest Job?

Finale Music

Rubiks Groove

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Leonardo

Rubiks Groove Live

Roland D-50

Voicelive Touch 2

Complete Facebook Live Toolkit for Musicians

Music Launch Hub

Shannon Curtis | House Concert Book

National Endowment for The Arts

MLB | The Cubs

Debbie Andrews was born and raised in Detroit.  She began playing piano as a child and entered the rock world as a singer in a production of Hair.  After touring the country with some cover bands, she moved to New York where she entertained guests at the Waldorf singing and playing piano for several years.  She is the co-author of a rock musical called Barcode which was staged at the New York Fringe Festival in 2013.  Currently she serves as songwriter, singer and keyboardist for her band Gladshot.  Gladshot has three recordings (Burn Up & Shine, Maxwell’s Cool Demon, These Are Vitamins) with a fourth on the way, and has toured regionally and placed several songs on television and movies.

Gladshot

Gladshot | Barcode

Blues GR with Shaun Murphy

National Endowment for the Arts

Historic Detroit Grande Ballroom

Hair the Musical

Allegro Interview with Debbie Andrews

Rod Argent

The Wynton Kelly Collection

On The Road

Waldorf Astoria

Fazioli

About the Artists | Barcode

John Agnello

James Rado ASCAP Interview

Joanne Brackeen Jazz

Tyson Leslie grew up in Colorado and Kansas City, Missouri.  As a young boy, he won a talent show playing piano and used the prize money to buy a guitar. Up until moving to Nashville in 2015 he played keyboards, bass, drums and guitar in many bands including Pomeroy, a Kansas City-based band that toured the United States opening for countless national acts.  After relocating to Nashville, he worked for country singer Tracy Lawrence and became a regular dueling pianist at Dick’s Last Resort. He also became the keyboard coordinator for Tom Hurst’s Loud Jamz, a monthly professional musician’s jam show which led him to create a similar outlet for metal music performance called Rare Hare.

Rare Hare has brought together hundreds of musicians from different backgrounds to raise money for local charities. The shows have become legendary among musicians for their energy, creativity and connection-making potential. Through Rare Hare, Tyson has fulfilled many dreams of playing with his musical heroes and in 2017, he became keyboardist and tour manager for the rock band Vixen.  When he isn’t touring with them, he plays in various bands, records and writes music,  and hangs out with Star and his children.  

Tyson Leslie Bandcamp

Tyson Leslie Instagram

Tyson Leslie Twitter

Tyson Leslie Facebook

Rare Hare Facebook

Vixen Official

Shiprocked

Monsters of Rock Cruise

Megan Jane Music

Beth Garner

Tom Hurst Presents Loud Jamz

Rich Redmond

Chris Nix Interview

Big Wreck | The Oaf

Pomeroy Live | Elevate

Thee Rock N Roll Residency

The Big Rock Show Band

Megadeth

Big Shotz Nashville

The Big Bang Bar

Vintage Synth

Live at The Acropolis

Rory Hoffman TEDxNashville Salon

Keyboard Success

Nashville Musicians | John Mattick

An Inside Look at the Classic Tones of the Ampeg Heritage B15

Billy Sheehan

James Wozniak | The Buffalo News

Jimmy Calire

Paul Franklin

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 | Ozawa Boston Symphony Orchestra

Dirty Dancing in Live Concert, 1988

Alabama | Dixieland Delight

Billboard | August 29, 1998

Ed Bruce | Live at Church Street Station

The Buffalo Touch

Chris Carpenter Music

Markey Blue Ric Latina Project

The Young and The Restless

Brad Bietry is a jazz pianist/composer/producer/songwriter/jazz piano teacher based out of Nashville, TN.   Brad was born and raised in Lima, Ohio. He has studied at Berklee College Music, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory Of Music and Denver University studying jazz piano, composition, and arranging.  He started touring at the age of nineteen with The Continental Singers and Brass, The Spurrlows, Carnival, Princess, and Norwegian Cruise Lines.  While at Berklee, he won the 1997 Berklee Jazz Pianist Award.  

Brad moved to Orlando, FL in 1998 and worked at several large churches as pianist/arranger/orchestra leader, and performed in different groups all over FL. Brad toured internationally with well-known Praise & Worship leader Ron Kenoly as his Musical Director/Keyboardist/Arranger in 2002. In 2003, he won an audition to join the USAF Academy Band in Colorado Springs as the pianist for The Falconaires Jazz Ensemble performing all over the U.S.  He has extensive recording experience with the USAF, and under his own name.  He has performed in prestigious concert halls all over the world including Carnegie Hall in NYC, and Royal Albert Hall in London. Brad has performed with Joe Walsh, Kevin Mahogany, John Fedchock, Mike Davis from the Rolling Stones, Sandy Patty, Wayne Watson, Scott Wesley Brown, Dennis Jernigan, and jazz artists such as The New York Voices, James Moody, and many others.

Brad’s 2017 single, “I Don’t Wanna Live Without You Today,” and albums “Speak Like A Bostonian,” ”The Quest,"  and “Skylark,” are available for purchase on his website, www.bradbietry.com. 

Brad Bietry

Brad Bietry | Video Reel

Don Hurless

Don Hurless Obituary

Fame | Sho Sho Sho Shorofsky

Yamaha DX7

Bowling Green State University | Summer Music Institute

University of Cincinnati | College Conservatory of Music

20 Advanced Jazz Standards

Phil DeGreg

Ron Kenoly

Air Force Bands | The Falconaires

Charlie Banacos

Donna E Scott

Alf Clausen

Kira Small is a nationally touring singer-songwriter, recording artist, pianist and self-professed “singer nerd”. She is a 2018 Rocky Mountain Folks Fest Songwriter Showcase Winner, 2015 International Songwriting Competition Finalist, and a 2012 Independent Music Awards winner. Her resume also includes a stint on Berklee College of Music’s voice faculty, back-up vocalist for Lynda Carter (yes, Wonder Woman) and Martina McBride's Joy of Christmas Tours, and studio work with Willie Nelson, Garth Brooks, Martina McBride, Ray Price, Peter Frampton, Wynonna Judd and more. Her most recent album 3 AM was released in June 2016. She lives in Nashville with her husband and two yoga-practicing cats.

Kira Small

Kira Small Music | Facebook

Kira Small Music | Instagram

Kira Small Music | YouTube

Kira Small Music | Spotify

Rocky Mountain Folks Festival

Jack Wagner | All I Need

What is Solfege?

Penny Goodwin | Too Soon You’re Old

Sam Steffke

Summerfest

Pat O’Brien’s New Orleans

Donn’s Depot

Bruce Dees

Clayton Ivey

Danny Mitchell

Jan Shapiro | Berklee Online

Country Music Hall of Fame | Tribute to Bergen White

Acapella App

Music for Seniors

Kira Small Meets Hall & Oates