Bio
Adam Levine is clearly a working musician who knows his craft and his business! Adam has done session work with artists on Capitol, Warner Brothers, and Motown Records. His commercial credits include McDonalds, Taco Bell, and TV shows such as “Cheers,” “Simon and Simon,” and “Wings.” His creative life however is just not in harmony without teaching which is his other love. Adam’s extensive 30-plus year teaching experience includes being an instructor and director of the Grove School of Music for 13 years, teaching at the Musician’s Institute for 3 years, and currently a recognized teacher at the National Guitar Workshops. His students have gone on to play with stars such as Nora Jones, George Benson, and Celine Dion.
Bill Wingfield’s first gig was with an 18-piece big band for two years at the age of 16. After a career outside of music, in 1999, he returned to music full time: teaching, performing and composing. Bill has been an instructor of the bass course at the National Guitar Workshop in LA. He currently gigs and teaches on the Central Coast and in 2009 completed his first jazz CD, “Shadows In Time” which won a SLO New Times Award in the Jazz category. All members of Human Nation made contributions to the recording.
Brett Mitchell began his professional music career at the age of 14 and began composing at 16. He attended New York University’s School of the Arts where he studied songwriting with Paul Simon, wrote songs with Melissa Manchester, and was a member of the BMI musical theater workshop taught by famed Broadway conductor Lehman Engel.
Brett has self-produced several CD’s. While under contract to Etherean Music for a number of years, he was nominated for “Best Instrumental Recording” by the National Association of Independent Record Distributors (NAIRD) for his CD “Inspiration.” He has composed the main theme for the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival.
An award winning honors graduate and former instructor at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood California, Dean has had the opportunity to work with many successful artists including; Jean-Michel Byron (Toto), Rhona Bennett (en Vogue), film composer and smooth jazz artist Noel Webb, Grammy Award winner Louie Ortega, film composer Ralph Carter, The Mills Brothers, Korean superstar Lee Seung Chul, Rob Rio and the Revolvers, Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne, Jackie Lomax, Becky Barksdale, Zaidee Cole and others. Dean has also recorded music for several TV shows including “Dancing with the Stars” films for the “Showtime” network, radio and TV commercials and other independent films.
David Becker has been the saxophone instructor at Cuesta College since 2001, after receiving his Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from the University of Florida. He spent several years performing around the world as band leader and sideman for many luxury cruise lines in addition to performing in many ensembles at Walt Disney World and Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. David has performed with The Temptations, Manhattan Transfer, Smokey Robinson, Sam Rivers, and Marvin Hamlish, to name a few.