Staff

While cool gear is important, it’s nothing without good, smart and experienced people! We’re proud of our staff- they bring countless years of training, practice and knowledge to their jobs and they are why Earthshaking Music has been Creative Loafing Readers Pick for Best Music Store year after year. Thanks guys!

Dave Strohauer

President

Dave brings to Earthshaking Music a diverse set of skills including design and fine woodworking, the semi-mastery of a wide range of percussion instruments, a nearly bionic eye for measuring things without a ruler and then quickly forgetting their dimensions, and the uncanny ability to diagnose car problems by the sound they make and an equally uncanny distaste for getting his hands greasy. Dave is semi-retired and is active in teaching percussion and fitness, and learning new skills such as welding, and the Russian martial art Systema.

Lisa Strohauer

Accounting

Co-Founder Lisa Strohauer has a background in Industrial Design and Graphic Design and is responsible for our day to day business operations. Lisa is a talented photographer and an amazing cook and mom to son Sterling. She also love her kitties, Spot and Cookoo.

Eric Belt

General Manager, Stringed Instrument & Tube Electronic Repairs, Sales

Eric, our General Manager, is the backbone of Earthshaking Music and has been with us since 2000. Eric is responsible for guitar and tube amp repairs and has the gift/curse of having memorized 10,000+ item IDs. He has the ability to multi-task at a super-human level, often with one hand in a guitar amp, a phone under his ear ordering stuff, all while telling a great, risque’, joke and designing a new pedal in his head. Eric is a great guitarist (Supafuzz) and film composer and he designs and builds awesome guitar amps and effects pedals under the EdamB brand.
Eric has been with us since 2001.

Joel Perdue

Sales, Drum Repairs

Joel has a passion for drums and percussion and brings over 20 years of drum maintenence, repair and sales experience to the Earthshaking team. He also has strong interest in vintage drums making him a valuable resouce for Atlanta’s vintage drum community.
Joel has been with us since 2021.

Charlie Lyon

Guitar Sales

Charlie grew up in suburban Chicago, and has lived in the Midwest, New England, Germany, Denmark, California, and since 1985, in Atlanta.
He started playing guitar at age 12 with the Chicago School of Folk Music (whose book we sell at Earthshaking). His first good guitar was a Gibson SG, which ruined him for life.
Although Charlie’s never been a working musician, he’s a solid blues player.
He has also worked as a journalist and news writer and then became a still photographer.
Charlie has been with us since around 2010.

Bart Bell

Sales, Repairs

Bart is an Atlanta born artist and technician with a background in metalworking/fabrication and aviation alongside a lifetime of music and other performance arts. He lives in the O4W with his wife and their cats.