I GREW UP IN LONDON, ENGLAND AND DISCOVERED MUSIC VERY EARLY IN MY LIFE. I STARTED PLAYING THE PIANO AT AGE 5 AND WENT ON TO STUDY CLASSICAL MUSIC AT TRINITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC IN LONDON.
I WAS A STUDIO MUSICIAN IN LONDON FROM ’76 TO ’78 WHICH LED TO ME BECOMING A MEMBER OF ROD STEWART’S BAND FOR 10 YEARS. WE PLAYED OVER 1,000 SHOWS WORLDWIDE, RECORDED 10 ALBUMS, AND WE WROTE 35 SONGS TOGETHER INCLUDING ‘FOREVER YOUNG’, ‘PASSION’, ‘YOUNG TURKS’, ‘TONITE I’M YOURS’ AND ‘EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART’.
I HAVE ALSO WRITTEN HITS FOR MAJOR ARTISTS INCLUDING JOSH GRACIN (‘NOTHING TO LOSE’ - 1 COUNTRY), PATTY SMYTH (‘NO MISTAKES’), JO DEE MESSINA (‘NOT GOING DOWN’), JAMIE WALTERS (‘HOLD ON’), AND DISNEY’S CHEETAH GIRLS (‘CINDERELLA’).
I HAVE PLAYED ON RECORDINGS BY ARTISTS SUCH AS GEORGE HARRISON, BOB DYLAN, JOHN MELLENCAMP, MARYLIN MANSON, PETER FRAMPTON, PAT BENATAR, SINEAD O’CONNOR, WILLIE NELSON, GRACE JONES, RANDY NEWMAN AND THE SMITHEREENS IN ADDITION TO MANY TV AND MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS.
ASIDE FROM MUSIC I LIKE TO PAINT, COOK, PLAY GOLF, FISH, READ, WATCH ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE SOCCER AS WELL AS MOST OTHER MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS, AND DRINK GOOD WINE.
I NOW SPEND MY TIME BETWEEN LOS ANGELES AND NASHVILLE WRITING, PRODUCING AND PUBLISHING COUNTRY AND INTERNATIONAL POP MUSIC. I AM SIGNED TO RSP MUSIC, A PROGRESSIVE, INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING COMPANY WITH A PRESENCE ON NASHVILLE’S MUSIC ROW AND INTERNATIONALLY.
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