He played with popular progressive rock bands Junction and Aquafuge throughout Atlantic Canada.

Eventually Bruce moved to Los Angeles, California in 1979 to attend Hollywood's famous music school, Musician's Institute, GIT.   While in LA, he studied and played with world renowned rock and jazz greats such as MI founder Howard Roberts, and studio legend & world's most recorded guitarist, Tommy Tedesco.  Branching out, he also studied with fusion and session players Larry Carlton, Lee Ritenour, Robben Ford, Joe Diorio, Pat Metheny and many others.

During his Hollywood years, he performed and recorded with several artists and bands at clubs such as The Troubadour and The Whiskey-A-Go-Go.   A special experience at that time was an appearance in a  scene in the "Blues Brothers" movie with Dan Ackroyd and John Belushi!

After graduation from MI, specializing in Guitar Performance, Composition and Education he returned to Canada for a tour with Canadian legends Mashmakan.

Having built up his skills and experience in the United States, Bruce then moved back to Halifax, Canada, settling in to a busy teaching and performing schedule.

In the early 90's Bruce put together the band for recording artist Edde Maxx for the worldwide distributed CD on the Sony label and also found time to perform in three videos which played on MTV, Much Music and throughout Europe.

Additionally, Bruce has made several trips to England where he has played and recorded with many different artists.

He joined the Canadian Conservatory of Music almost at its inception, and was senior advisor of the Guitar Faculty for many years.   He was also instrumental in the development of the pop and jazz curriculum for guitar, bass and drums.

Bruce helped develop and taught at the Summer Rock, Rock Camp program which has produced many of the best musicians and players in Canada. 

Many of his students have been and still are the leading teachers and musicians in Nova Scotia.

After 20 years with the Conservatory he felt it was time to set up his own teaching and recording studio which had been a life long dream, the result of which can be seen at Noble Music Studios in Enfield, Nova Scotia.  "It's really amazing how far technology has progressed during my career", says Bruce, "today we can produce quality cds right here in our own home studio using equipment which is many times more compact and efficient than what was considered state of the art just a few years ago!" 

Bruce is now writing, arranging, producing and performing, in all styles, on many CDs for a host of artists throughout Atlantic Canada, while continuing his teaching duties.  Noble Music Studios also now run their own summer program, the annual Academy of Rock, offering several weeks of intensive training for budding musicians, culminating in several concerts for friends and family.  In 2007, Bruce completed Trump University’s Entrepreneurship Mastery Program, and the subsequent growth of the Studios has been acknowledged online by Trump University in a Press Release from New York in January of 2008.  Click here to read more about this impressive accomplishment...