Starkid Sheet Music

[Tisham Candella]

Iplayed a small role in a (now viral) talent show performance of the Halo theme song. ? I was also a Geek-Squad sort of guy: I fixed computers and websites for neighbors and small businesses in town.

I completed a BFA in jazz guitar performance at the University of Michigan. There I explored my interest in playing guitar in musical theatre pit orchestras. It combined my classical music background with my joy of playing popular guitar styles. I was in every show or cabaret that would have me.

After graduating in 2012 I moved to Los Angeles for a job with an iPad-based sheet music startup called Chromatik. It was the early days of sheet music on tablets. I worked in QA, marketing, and ultimately ran our sheet music production team.

After years of playing musicals in small theatres (and high schools!) I broke into Chicago's unionized theatre scene and began playing in larger-scale productions. I've been lucky and grateful to be a part of some wonderful shows.

A highlight to date has been being a regular sub in the Chicago productions of Hamilton. (For guitarist Felton Offard.) Some other favorites have been subbing on The Lion King, MJ: The Musical, Moulin Rouge, and recently, a full run of a new, Pre-Broadway version of The Wiz.

It's an incredible tool for self-study and teaching that's trusted by some big organizations including TrueFire, Premiere Guitar and Berklee College of Music. It's also a valued resources for independent artists looking to sell their own instructional music content. Artists include Mark Lettieri of Snarky Puppy, Synyster Gates of Avenged Sevenfold and Enda Scahill of We Banjo 3.

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