The Trouble With Love

My friend Allen Childs recorded a short piece I wrote, and did a great job.

Allen Childs began playing the guitar at age 16 during a forced break from athletics due to injury. For this lifelong music lover, what began as a hobby and a way to fill his time quickly progressed into something more. As a student at Columbia University, he began to take classes in music theory and music history. Allen also received his first formal training on guitar from one of New York City’s best guitarists, Jake Ezra Schwartz (The Book of Mormon, Van Davis). By the time he graduated, he could no longer resist the call, and he made the decision to pursue music as a career.
Allen attended The Collective School of Music (TheCollective.edu) in New York City, where he studied with many more of New York’s most highly sought professional guitarists, alongside devoted students from all of the world. There, he was exposed to - and forced to learn - all kinds of music that he had never played before. Jazz, bossa nova, Afro-Cuban, and funk became staples of my previously blues-rock dominated musical palette. Since his time at The Collective, he has been gigging around the city and teaching students of all ages and ability levels. Allen is also working on his highly anticipated debut solo CD.

Learn more about Allen, and his music, at www.uwsguitarlessons.com