Individually, the musicians who make up the Stu Hamm Trio offer decades of experience rocking with musical legends and Grammy-award winners such as Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Rick Springfield, Allan Holdsworth, and Marty Friedman. But together, the Stu Hamm Trio brings their unconventional talents to the stage with a renowned session bassist and stunning solo artist, Stu Hamm; guitar virtuoso Alex Skolnick; and one of the most versatile drummers around — Joel Taylor. Whether accompanying the world’s great instrumentalists, shredding on stage, or delicately improvising, these seasoned musicians form a trio that defies genres and conventionality.

After taking a music production class in high school, Shawn began engineering for local bands and opened his first studio in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, when he was 20 years old. He played drums, produced, and engineered his way to a string of professional touring tech jobs with a host of big-name artists such as Counting Crows, Goo Goo Dolls, Avril Lavigne, Santana, All American Rejects, and Billy Talent. Now he works at Sweetwater Studios as a producer, engineer, and front of house mixer for several of Sweetwater’s venues, including the new Clyde Theatre.