MATC Music Occupations Program - Success Stories - Micah Olsan

When I started at MATC I had just begun teaching guitar lessons at a local music store, and was regularly gigging in the Madison and Milwaukee area.  I was a bit hesitant to study music at a "technical college," but then I met the teachers and more importantly heard them play.  I found kindred spirits in love with music and eager to share their knowledge.  What I learned in the ensemble classes, Steve Peplin's guitar and composition classes, and music business with Ben Hans were and still are vital to my continued success as musician and a (reluctant) businessman.

I currently teach guitar, beginning voice, and rock band ensemble classes at the Wisconsin Academy of Music in Germantown, WI and am regularly gigging throughout the Midwest with my band (Micah and the OCD Big Band) as well as a blue grass/jazz grass string quartet Big Bang String Thing.  I have self released two full length albums Giant Size Life (2007) and Off Beat Clappers and Hip Toe Tappers (2010), and am currently starting work on a new EP with the OCD Big Band. 

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Micah Olsan

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