Craig

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I'm business manager of AS Office Solutions, a stationery retail business based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. I'm married, quite recently, to Sarah, and we live just outside of Leeds, but I'm too old to realise my dream of being a rockstar!!Therefore, instead of spending my weekends on a stage before the bright lights, I spend it with my friends slumped in the corner of the local pub deciding it really does need that extra lick of paint! I also enjoying going to gigs, from the local band trying to make it big in the back of some dingy pub through to festivals. I love music in all of it's guises but recently been listening to the likes of The Long Blondes, Charlotte Hatherley and Metric, although I enjoy most of the current alternative/indie scene. Also have a soft spot for the classic oldies, for example The Who. Anything with guitars and a bit of oomph really.Confession time: my favourite band are Marillion. Yes, they really are still going and I'm really looking forward to the new album. I'm also a qualified sound engineer. Like most failed rockstars I write songs (music and lyrics) that no-one will ever listen to, but I continue to do so on the off chance that one day someone successful will want me to write something for them. Well, you never know - I'm holding my breath (and going a dangerous shade of blue in the process!). To chill out I play the piano and indulge in a little keyboard sequencing.But I do have interests outside of music believe it or not. A major passion is reading. Also very fond of weekends away, bowling (don't want to get too over-active, mind)and I've just finished penning a novel; it's a thriller set in Japan. It's a bit of an epic and has taken me the last four years to complete. The good lady wife is in the middle of proof reading it for me, bless her soul! Of course, I've never even set foot in Japan, but as far as research purposes go I guess that's why they invented the internet! Having said that, I have travelled a lot but my favourite city of the moment has to be Venice. Maybe it's the food....?