Skyler Bready

Skyler Bready is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter available for guitar, bass, piano, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, and songwriting lessons at Maxwell's House of Music. His approach emphasizes teaching technique and theory alongside songs that students already know and love. His songwriting lessons focus on demystifying the creation process, and encouraging students to build their own personal songbook. When Skyler isn't teaching at Maxwell's, you can likely find him riding his bike, playing in his band "Darlington Pairs," or working in his home recording studio.
​Bobby is a 2007 graduate of Louisville Recordings Arts Band & Artist Program and has recorded and performed with a variety of local and regional bands. Bobby is an accomplished guitarist of seventeen years and has also been playing the drums for over ten years. As a Music Educator, Bobby is always looking to guide others toward achieving their goals with music! Bobby works with Maxwell’s as a strong ambassador of Music Education and regularly teaches group music classes through Communities In Schools (CIS) in after-school workshops at various Elementary and Middle Schools across the region. Bobby is also frequently involved with most special events, showcases, and recitals happening at Maxwell’s that involve performance or Music Education. In addition to his work in and outside of the store, Bobby offers private lessons for Guitar, Drums, Ukulele and Songwriting and also serves Maxwell’s House of Music as a Band Coach for our Weekend Warrior and Rock School programs, developing bands and artists in the live setting. Bobby teaches beginner, intermediate and advanced students and takes a very practical approach toward teaching, getting them playing the songs that they want to play early-on while teaching them basic and advanced techniques along the way. 

Bobby Naelitz

Aaron Owens

​​You may recognize Aaron (commonly referred to as Bert) as one of the familiar faces you see around the shop. Aside from being the “Guitar Custodian & Doer of Things”, he has recently started giving lessons in his free time at the store! Aaron took private lessons and went through the Rock School performance program at Mom's Music as a teenager, but is primarily a self-educated guitar and bass player with 15 years of experience. He specializes in guitar, bass, and ukulele, and can teach anything from the most basic beginning chords and techniques, to more advanced playing styles such as sweep picking and slap bass. Bert was a member of the local metal band Prices On Our Heads for over 5 years, and now plays in the local groove indie rock trio Darlington Pairs with one of our other instructors, Skyler Bready. Bert has a passion for music and creating new musicians and loves to have fun while doing it!
Kirk specializes in youth and young adult guitar, vocal, and bass lessons.  He works with beginners to intermediates with an emphasis on basic note and fingering techniques.  Kirk was a member of the Kentucky All-State High School Choir for three years and studied under Renee Grant Williams (vocal coach for Linda Ronstadt and The Grateful Dead).  With over 20 years professional performing experience in rock, country, souls, blues, R& B, funk, and pop, Kirk is one well-rounded instructor.

            Kirk Whitehouse