Simon Goulding

Created by Crazyprofile.comI Started playing the bass guitar at the age of 9 and quickly realized that it was what I wanted to do for ever. How did the bass guitar come into my hands.....Well.. I remember watching an Eric Clapton concert on TV as a kid. I noticed a guy stood at the back next to the drummer who was making the band groove and the music made me get goose bumps everytime the bass player was shown on TV. I later learned that the bass player was Nathan East who has since then been one of my all time favourite bass players. I then started to be obsessed with the bass and it's role in the band sitting in front of the radio, TV and listening out for the bass and trying to find out who it was because most of the time they would'nt tell you who the band was. Years of intensive woodshedding followed. I studied music at school and actually was teaching at the school music centre while still a student. I studied music at Wigan & Leigh college obtaining a BTEC national diploma in performing arts and being awarded the college music prize on 2 consecutive years. After graduating college I attended Middlesex university for one year studying a BA in jazz & popular music but offers of work onboard cruise liners (Europe & Carribean) I decided to leave and see the world. I started working as a pro session musician at the age of 16 and have performed with artists such as, Joe Longthorne, Freddie Starr, David Essex, Tony Christie, The London Community Gospel Choir, Sheila Ferguson, The Drifters, Julian Clary, Cannon & Ball, Peter Grant, The Nolans, Billy Pearce, Rowetta, Debra Stephenson, Richard Shelton, Sonia, Bradley Walsh, Alan Stewart, Dave Evans, The Memphis Belle Orchestra, Jazz-Rock band Free Parking, The Kings Of Swing Orchestra, The Nelson Riddle Tribute Orchestra, Clare Teal, The Salsa meets Jazz Collective, Julian Joseph, Jovenes Clasicos Del Son, Gary Boyle, Tony Oxley, Gary Potter to name but a few and am also a member of the Alan Wormald band. I have also performed at new launches for BMW and Mercedes Benz. I have appeared in Ronnie Scott's Club (London UK), The London Palladium, Las Vegas (USA) and Havana (Cuba), Budapest (HUNGARY), Dubai plus many more and working onboard P&O and Airtours cruise ships. I am involved with many many different bands either live or in the studio. My debut solo album will be out soon. I have also performed improvisation workshops at the university of York and Middlesborough college as well as writing my own bass/musician tuition book titled "Musicianship for the bass player" with included CD-ROM. Album Credits include, Jazzology "Jazzology", Marty Franklins "Kajambu", Munch Manship "12 Pearls", Freddie Starr "Not fade away", Joe Longthorne "Joe's Back", "In Paradise", "Live at the London Palladium" DVD & Video credits include: Joe Longthorne "Joe's back", "Live in paradise","Live at the London Palladium". TV: Peter Grant "Heaven & Earth UK BBC1". ITV Granada TV sessions. Radio: JAZZ FM, BBC Radio 2 & 3, BBC GMR Radio, BBC Radio Lancashire, Kreative Chicago Radio Jazz In All Keys.My recent album is something that I've wanted to do for a long, long time. Most of the time was spent writing & arranging the tunes. I wanted to combine my love of the many different kinds of music that have influenced me over the years. The track Open Window is an example of my way of thinking when I started writing this album, hence the shifting of feels and textures (Funk to Samba to Songo). I wanted to fit all of these influences into the tunes without being too cluttered & uneasy.Typing Pool is my nod to classic jazz/rock fusion. Using mininal melodies and unpredictable harmony. It also edges on my love of country/bluegrass music. Again I did'nt want the arrangment to feel cluttered. I also wanted to use my instrumentation in a different way. I used the concert flute and vibes for the melody on open window and decided to have all out shred on guitar for the solo (bearing in mind that guitar is not used anywhere else in the track). The same principle applied when arranging typing pool. I used my six string bass as the main instrument with overdubs on synth bass (3 in total) and a strange angular melody on guitar. The drum pattern also compliments the bass line well (heavily syncopated) and a small splash cymbal to give the impression of a typewriter. The basses I used on the album are my Yamaha TRB6, my Yamaha TRB5 and my Aria SWB electric upright.The album "Open Window" is out now and available to buy from the official website. If you would like to book me for a session or any live work please don't hesitate to contact me.Please see my Blog for full album details. I would really appreciate and value any comments you may have. ..f" name="click_here" class="button_size" /Header Banner Made with MyBannerMaker.com! Click here to make your own!