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I started to play drums at the age of 6 and was soon performing with my older brother and sister as a cabaret act for my parents dance band. We went on to appear on TV and radio as a trio, and then i started to teach myself guitar at the age of 13. I earnt myself a reputation as a multi-instrumentalist and began performing with lots of local bands. This then moved into recording and I soon developed a relationship with various producers and studios calling me to come in for sessions on various instruments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowadays my work has me playing guitar, drums and bass with bands and different projects. It all depends on the music and what is required. Some times I\u2019ll work on a project playing all three instruments which is pretty cool when I get the chance. This website is here to give information to anyone who\u2019s interested in finding out about me, seeing what I\u2019ve done, and hearing some snippets of my work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026And what do I do??<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been writing and performing music on various things, and with various people. This is the stuff you might recognise, not to mention some great bands I\u2019ve had the good fortune to play with and other recording I\u2019ve done for television and also other artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"TV<\/td>Television soundtrack work<\/strong>
Have recorded a whole host of soundtrack and library work for most major terrestrial and satellite networks.<\/td><\/tr>
\"Cannes<\/td>Cannes Film Festival<\/strong>
(Guitar) \u2013 Classical guitar piece for theme tune and incidental music for a film shown at Cannes 2001 film festival and released in 2003 for cinema and television<\/td><\/tr>
\"Angel<\/td>Angel Witch<\/strong>
(Drums) \u2013 80\u2019s\/90\u2019s Heavey Metal Band who are back on the road, covered them while they were inbetween drummers<\/td><\/tr>
\"Guitarist<\/td>Guitarist Of The Year<\/strong>
(Guitar) -\u2018Guitarist of the year\u2019 for Guitarist magazine at the NEC Birmigham. Also was given a guitar by Peavey\u2026 which was nice! (www.peavey.co.uk)<\/td><\/tr>
\"Mariah<\/td>Mariah Carey<\/strong>
(Guitar) \u2013 Played on TV appearances to promote her single release for a few different programmes while in England<\/td><\/tr>
\"Pop<\/td>Pop Idols \u2013 Germany<\/strong>
(Guitar) \u2013 Tour of Germany with the Pop Idols German version, called Superstars over there. They had a multi million selling number 1 album in Germany, tour filmed for RTL television channel, also DVD to be released. All arena gigs for the 19 management group who own the Pop Idols brand worldwide.<\/td><\/tr>
\"Le<\/td>Lee Latchford Evans \u2013 Steps<\/strong>
(Guitar \/ Bass) \u2013 Called in to do guitars and co-write with Lee Latchford Evans and producer Chaz DaBat (keyboards for Culture Club). After meeting Lee and I put together a band and wrote and played all around England<\/td><\/tr>
\"We<\/td>We Will Rock You \u2013 MiG<\/strong>
(Guitar \/ Songwriting) \u2013 After a few days up at the \u2018We Will Rock You\u2019 show met up with Mig (Miguel Ayesa) who is playing the lead in the show. Have been co-writing material with him for his solo project<\/td><\/tr>
\"Peter<\/td>Peter Andre<\/strong>
(Guitar) \u2013 played on new tracks for Peter Andre\u2019s upcoming material he was working on<\/td><\/tr>
\"Pop!\"<\/td>Pop<\/strong>
(Songwriting & playing everything!!) \u2013 Working with Glenn Ball from chart band \u2018Pop\u2019 on new tracks for both him and for him to present to his band.<\/td><\/tr>
\"Brian<\/td>Brian May<\/strong>
(Songwriting \/ Guitar \/ Bass) \u2013 Working with Brian May from the legendary Queen, producing tracks Miguel Ayesa and I have been writing. Brian was one of my major influences as a guitarist and musician so it was truly a dream come true to be able to work with him\u2026\u2026.. which is somewhat understating it!! An amazingly kind and gentle guy who was a lot of fun to chat with. Some incredible stories of his years on the road.<\/td><\/tr>
\"Rick<\/td>Rick Parfitt Jnr \u2013 Girl<\/strong>
(Songwriting & Guitar) \u2013 writing material for new band Girl fronted by Rick Parfit Junior, son of legendary guitarist from Staus Quo. Also on drums and doing the producing is Jasper Irn, Faye Tozer\u2019s (ex Steps) husband, and a friend.<\/td><\/tr>
\"INXS<\/td>INXS \u2013 Rock Star<\/strong>
(Guitar) \u2013 Appearing with Miguel Ayesa for the INXS Rockstar programme playing at Shepherds Bush Empire and meeting up with INXS<\/td><\/tr>
\"Song<\/td>Malta \u2013 Song for Europe<\/strong>
(Arranger, Guitar, Bass ) \u2013 Worked on the Eurovision entry for Malta\u2026. Ah, it\u2019s all in a days work<\/td><\/tr>
\"B*Witched\"<\/td>B*Witched \u2013 Keavy and Edele<\/strong>
(Guitar \/ Band MD) \u2013 Working with Keavy and Edele who previously were with girl pop band \u2018B*Witched\u2019 on their new solo project \u2018Ms. Lynch\u2019. Acting as md (musical director) and guitarist for their live band and working in the studio as well for them<\/td><\/tr>
\"The<\/td>The Latch \u2013 Miracle<\/strong>
(Guitar \/ Drums \/ Bass \/ Programming and Co-producer) \u2013 Lee and I put out our debut single for \u2018The Latch\u2019 called \u2018Miracle\u2019. I\u2019ve put the video on the media page.<\/td><\/tr>
\"10<\/td>Track Miracle on film Ten Dead Men<\/strong>
(Guitar \/ Drums \/ Bass \/ Programming and Co-producer) \u2013 Theme track and our track Miracle was included on the soundtrack for the Film Ten Dead Men from UK independent genre specialists Modern Life. A martial arts film shown at Cannes and guaranteed a 5 million DVD distribution worldwide\u2026.. which was nice!<\/td><\/tr>
\"MiG\"<\/td>MiG \u2013 New Single<\/strong>
(Guitar \/ Drums \/ Bass \/ Writing \/ Keys and Co-producer) \u2013 Recorded MiG\u2019s new single at my studio. Single to be released later this year in the States. Was great to be working back together again. More collaborations planned\u2026 sweeeeeet!<\/td><\/tr>
\"Adam<\/td>Adam Chandler \u2013 X Factor<\/strong>
(Guitar \/ Drums \/ Bass \/ Keys \/ Writing and Producer) \u2013 Adam was one of the finalists in ITV\u2019s X-Factor programme. Happened to meet Adam through work and after chatting did some writing and it turned out pretty good\u2026 Wrote and recorded new material for him to release.<\/td><\/tr>
\"Ziggi<\/td>Ziggi Baker \u2013 New Album<\/strong>
(Guitar \/ Drums \/ Bass \/ Writing \/ Programming and Producer) \u2013 Ziggi\u2019s been writing in a writers co-op for ages and previously signed on various labels. Having decided to release an album I was approached by her record company to co-write, and produce Ziggi\u2019s new album due out next year which coincides with her book. Will be touring dates at that point too.<\/td><\/tr>
\"Shakira\"<\/td>Shakira<\/strong>
(Drums) Was recruited as part of a band for a promo link up with German TV while she was on tour in the UK. Strange but interesting experience!<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Adam Wakeman<\/strong>
(Guitar, Drums, Bass, Keys, Percussion, Production, Composer) – Adam who plays keys for Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Take That, Annie Lennox, Travis, Will Young and Atomic Kitten to name but a few is not only an extraordinary musician, composer and all round good guy in his own right, but is also the son of legendary Rick Wakeman. Adam owns a music library company and I\u2019ve written, recorded and played on many albums for his ‘Perfect Music Library’ and collaborations with him.<\/td><\/tr>
\"Peter<\/td>Peter Cox \u2013 Go West<\/strong>
(Guitar, Bass, Drums, Writing, Production) \u2013 We recorded 3 entries for the Norwegian Eurovision song contest. Amazing vocalist, amazing talent and one of the nicest people you could hope to meet. A real joy to work with and hang out playing guitar with\u2026 He\u2019s as mad as me about guitars and a great player himself to boot. Spent many-a-evening chatting about all things stringy!<\/td><\/tr>
\"Tony<\/td>Tony Hadley<\/strong>
(Guitar, Bass, Drums, Writing, Production) \u2013 Along with my writing partner Phil Williams, have been involved in writing new material for Tony Hadley\u2019s forthcoming album.<\/td><\/tr>
\"Sam<\/td>Sam Smith \u2013 BRIT award winner 2014<\/strong>
(Guitar, Bass, Drums, Writing, Production) \u2013 I played on some of Sam\u2019s material with his first record label V&M records a few years back. Now that Sam has won a BRIT award they are releasing that material and also asked me to co-produce and remix some of the original material expected to be released later in 2014<\/td><\/tr>
\"Sam<\/td>Sam Smith \u2013 The Lost Tapes<\/strong>
(Guitar, Bass, Drums, Writing, Production) \u2013 Album released in 2015.<\/td><\/tr>
\"Matt<\/td>Matt LeBlanc \u2013 Man With A Plan<\/strong>
(Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keys, Writing, Production) \u2013 My tracks were used for this CBS Matt LeBLanc sitcom series.<\/td><\/tr>
\"Les<\/td>Les Binks’ Priesthood<\/strong>
(Guitar) \u2013 Les Binks was a legendary drummer with Judas Priest and I was recruited on guitar by Les for his touring show, performing his era of Judas Priest classic metal.<\/td><\/tr>
\"Russell<\/td>Uriah Heep<\/strong>
(Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keys, Writing, Production) \u2013 I’ve been writing and recording new tracks with Russ Gilbrook from Uriah Heep, for their next upcoming album celebrating 50 years in the business. <\/td><\/tr>
\"Tonight<\/td>The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon<\/strong>
One of my tracks has been regularly used for a show segment.<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Uriah Heep – Chaos and Colour<\/strong>
(Co-writer) – Collaborating with Russ Gilbrook from Uriah Heep, we got four tracks on the new album. You can find the original demos here :-
Uriah Heep – Chaos and Colour original demos<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Carl Sentance – Nazareth \/ Don Airey<\/strong>
Engineered Russ Gilbrook who recorded drums at my studio for Carl’s upcoming album.<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Paul Di’Anno – Ex – Iron Maiden<\/strong>
Mix engineer for a new version of Wrathchild and Remember Tomorrow for Paul’s upcoming Best Of Album.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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