
Up until this last year I was an experienced on stage musician focusing on upright bass, electric and acoustic bass and rhythm. I have been a full time musician for the last 9 years. Playing with a variety of bands and recording studios has given me purpose, accountability, a strong work ethic and above all a self starting attitude to succeed. In music, no one is going to help you. You make your schedule, call venues, organize/ coordinate practices with associate musicians and studios. Each musician is completely responsible for their own part while also knowing how to work with one another. Anyone who thinks this is an easy and fun job is wrong. A four hour show is easily an eight hour+ work day. By the time you have loaded equipment (managing spare equipment as well, as no venue is going to pay you because your sound/ PA/ instruments,etc. won’t work), driving hours or even overnight to venues/studios, unloading and setting up all equipment expertly for 2 hours, playing four hours straight using memorized notes and words, in most cases 70+songs in a four hour show. Then you break it all down, drive back home arriving around 5AM, sleep and do it all again tomorrow. People assume you're off during the week, but no. The week is when you're booking your next gig, advertising on Social media, collaborating with other bands to create a bill and practicing for hours upon hours to memorize and learn new songs for the next set of shows.
I did really well with music. I made a name for myself and was an Appalachian Art and Entertainment Award Nominee for 2024 for Best Bassist out of the 13 Appalachian states.
I no longer wish to travel. I'd love to have a weekend and I really just want to work a regular job.
I realize you were not looking for a lesson regarding the ongoing life of a musician. I just want to make sure that no one takes this time in my life as a lapse of continual employment. I've never worked harder.
Some of my work history does overlap as I’ll still help lay the occasional hardwood floor. When I was younger, Feldmans was a very hard, very hot and cold, outdoor job. They always had a place for me if I needed a job.
I’ve owned businesses, been self employed, traveled extensively for work when I was younger and I have a lot of experience in a lot of different fields. (As you can see by my resume). I’m a hard worker, punctual, very detail oriented and once given simple directions on any given task, I deliver. Thank you for your time in reading this.
When starting at Poor Ridge/Bluegrass Bottling I was hired on quickly as a forklift operator. Their forklift operator had quit the day before and I had inquired about employment at just the right time. There were no guarantees that the job would last as they are in the process of opening their new facility and transitioning a lot of employees. I was let go, along with other warehouse personnel in December. The next day, the supervisor (my supervisor) that had delivered the news to us, was also let go. I’ve spoken with the owners since and was assured that if a new spot opened up they would contact me. I’d rather not have to go back there.
Experienced on stage musician focusing on upright bass, electric and acoustic bass and rhythm. I have been a full time musician for the last 9 years. Playing with a variety of bands, venues and recording studios has given me purpose, accountability, a strong work ethic and above all a self starting attitude to succeed. I’m still a musician but I no longer wish to travel.
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I can’t say enough good things about Hobart. During one of M and E Specialty Contracting’s layoffs, I had went to the unemployment office to find another job and Hobart was hiring in the welding/fabrication department. I was hurt in an accident outside of work several months after starting there. The injuries required a couple of different surgeries with a lengthy time in between. They held my job for a very long time, called to check on me and were just outstanding people. I finally had to tell them not to hold my position as I really didn’t know when I could return. They were an excellent employer.
Owned and operated “Central KY Ceiling Floor and Step” for about 5 years. Finishing and laying Hardwood.
I still offer occasional hardwood flooring assistance to family and friends based on prior experience owning a successful business.
I worked off and on at Feldman Lumber for several years, M and E Specialty Contracting often did layoffs in the summer time, rather than draw unemployment I wound go back to Feldmans to work.
After working in and around alarm systems and having electrical knowledge, a few of us got together and opened our own ADT dealership for home security systems, fire alarm systems and offered surround sound capabilities for both commercial and residential customers. It did great for a few years but as the patent on ADT alarm systems was up, the market was flooded with other systems. I sold out my portion of the company to the other owners.
• Directed installation tasks, facilitating timely completion.
• scheduled and oversaw all installers and installed systems myself
• payroll responsibilities and providing work vehicles for installers
• quality control and oversight on each job/project
• trained each installer making sure they were knowledgeable on new equipment and pricing
• conducted installation meetings with the sales team to make sure both the salesman and installers agreed on pricing, logistics of projects, etc.
• filling in and traveling to job sites when installers did not show up for work or were overbooked.