About Me
RECORDING:MIXING:PRODUCTION:Born during the Cuban Missile crisis it took a few years to figure out whether I was on my head or my feet. When I did finally hit the ground it was the sounds of the Beatles, of Hendrix and Dylan that first moved me. Then it was Bowie, Zeppelin, the Who, Bolan and the rest of the Glorious Glam crew, all pose and posture and big 70's rock moves.Parallel to that came the blues, Muddy, Elmore, Johnny Winter, Albert Collins, Son House, Odetta and those great Blues triple-headers at the Hammersmith Odeon in the mid seventies.Then came punk and a swift change of tempo. Up to the Roundhouse, the Hope and Anchor and the 100 Club with the Dammed, the Pistols, the Clash, the Slits and the Ruts.......First gigs with bands that formed and fell apart in months, I remember the names of those we supported better than our own pretty chronic outfits. First on at Brunel before the Motors ( they must have not heard us to be so friendly afterwards ) and the Ruts ( I was so scared I played the first song in a different key to the rest of the band)..........Then the band that lasted long enough to make a demo, and that great moment of arriving in a studio.......... Just an 8 track but a good one, and for me, love at first sight. The vision of that tape spinning round and the meters jumping to the pulse of the music. Half the light in the room coming from the glow of the machinery, and that scent of electronics. A magic place where you started with an idea and came out with a piece of music, where the ephemeral and often dissatisfying spark of a concert could be honed to perfection.......So on to the 80's and my first real job, SARM studios in Whitechapel, not 8 track but 48 track, a big old Trident console that you needed a bike to get from one end to the other of, racks full of fx and compressors and big heavy reels of 2" tape.The corridors lined with Album sleeves, Queen, Yes, Foreigner, Buggles. It felt like entering the hallowed ground of rock royalty.And then to work, early days as an assistant with ABC, Malcom McLaren, Buggles. The early stirrings of the 80's sound. At the same time the old school, Chas Chandler, Paul Rodgers, Andy Fraser and Frankie Miller. Recording during the day with me running round like a maniac shifting mics, changing tapes and making tea and sandwiches. Then the nights, winding down by jamming, getting to play with some of my 70's hero's.And then my first real break, mixing A Duran Duran single, a hit! Then people starting to ask for me and having to learn to run fast when I felt like I was still crawling. The endless hours of studio time, 7 days a week, no time out, just the studio, the work, the music. A hard life but when you're in it you don't even notice..........And from there on it changed slowly to where it is today. The list of clients past and present is elsewhere here, there is no complete discography, I never really had the time to keep a diary, there's always something else more pressing to do ( be at home with the family, check some new demo's or just get the recordings, the edits and the mixes finished, or sleep..........).When I started out I had this vision that I would have my "Sound". That would be my signature, my calling card........ Having come this far I would say the opposite. If it sounds like me then something is going wrong between the artist and I. The common thread between the artists I have worked with is perhaps partly me, but far more that they have their own distinct characters which I hopefully enhance so that everyone else gets a better view of who they are.Music is about individuality, about expression and character. There's too much homogenised crap floating around these days purporting to be music. If you're not interested in that then we'll get on just fine...........Contact me here, and my managers on the link below ( you'll find a discography there). And send me some links to your music.All the best......http://www.flammusic.com/pages/profil_gb.php?pro_i
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