Derek McCoy

Electric & Acoutsic Guitar: Jazz, Fusion, Rock, Blues

Derek McCoy has been playing guitar for 20 years, after falling in love with the instrument at the age of 11. He moved to Atlanta from North Carolina in 1999 to study at the Atlanta Institute of Music. Since graduating he has become an accomplished jazz guitarist and shared the stage with some of the best musicians Atlanta has to offer along with leading his own jazz trio. Although Derek specializes in jazz guitar, he studies and teaches rock, blues, funk and R&B among other styles.

MARC MILLER

Electric & Acoustic Bass: Jazz, Classical, Flamenco, Rock

An Atlanta native, Marc Miller has always been surrounded by music. Marc grew up in a musical home, and recieved his Bachelor’s of Music in Jazz and Contemporary Media from Florida State University and his MM Double Bass Performance/Jazz emphasis from The University of Texas at Austin . Though his studies focused on jazz and classical playing, he also plays a variety of other styles including rock, salsa, tango, and flamenco. He has performed with Lizz Wright, Bob Reynolds, Jason Marsalis, and performs and records with many local jazz, world, and classical ensembles.

EDDIE MINJAREZ

Acoustic and Electric Guitar:  Classical, Rock, Flamenco & Singer/Songwriter

Eddie is a guitarist whose dedication to his art has earned him a spot as a highly sought after classical guitarists in Atlanta. He holds a BM in classical guitar performance from Kennesaw State University where he studied with Mary Akerman and a continued his studies with Adam Holzman at The University of Texas at Austin earning a MM in classical guitar performance.
Eddie has taught guitar at Reinhardt College, Georgia Perimeter College, Maple Street Guitars as well as Emory University where his guitar courses for the extended learning center were in high demand.
In addition, he has performed in master classes with many of the guitar world’s finest musicians, including Roland Dyens, David Russell, Douglas Neidt, Ricardo Iznaola, Ricardo Cobo, Nigel North, Micheal Troster among others.
Although Eddie’s primary interests are in classical guitar and songwriting,  he also plays and instructs rock, flamenco and blues guitar.

Eric Sanders

Drums
Eric Sanders is a versatile drummer, at home in many styles of music. He has degrees in Music Education and Classical Percussion Performance from Penn State and went for his Masters in Jazz Performance on the Drum Set at NYU. He has studied with John Riley, Dom Famularo and Jojo Mayer and has a ton of teaching experience, himself.

Eric has been in Atlanta since 1996, when he landed a touring gig with Col. Bruce Hampton. He’s a veteran of the Atlanta music scene, having recorded and/or toured with many local luminaries, including: Barry Richman, Kingsized, Mudcat, Stuck Mojo, Fozzy, Daath, Wabi Sabi, Brighter Shade, Liz Melendez and many, many others.

Eric and fellow Guitar Decatur instructor Derek McCoy, have co-led a jazz trio together for upwards of a decade.