I'm a London based musician, producer, singer songwriter and have played bass for various bands including;
Tuesday Heartbreak (www.myspace.com/tuesdayheartbreak)
Andrea Wilde(www.myspace.com/awildeone) and
Angelique Keni (www.myspace.com/angeliquekeni)
'Recently I've recorded Nathan Persad's fifth album, played bass, guitar, b vox, string arrangements and keys on the Ceri James solo album and releasing a new single with Ceri James (Start and Begin / Endless Loop)'
I should be working as a product designer but I have decided to follow the dangerous path of music. I am now working on my debut album and trying to complete the transition to being a full blown musician making money 'gasp'. It is going to be a very personal album and maybe a little melancholic but it is informed by my favorite music, Jazz, folk, classic pop and alt rock. The album is also going to be rather unusual in that most of the songs are not in 4/4 std rock time but use different time signatures and harmony ideas to subvert the easy listening content. My goal is to get the album to have similar dynamics to Scott 3 by Scott Walker and Low by David Bowie. The album is being recorded at Orange and Blue studios in Catford.....great environment and good people.
The groups I have played in are based on rock/pop music and are departures from my more personal musical interests; folk, pop and jazz. For my material, I sing, play bass (fretless & fretted), electric & 6 & 12 string acoustic guitars, mandolin and piano/keyboards and violin(trying to!). I play drums and percussion too but have enlisted some friends to add their touch to the albums drum tracks. Nathan Persad Check him out !!!!!!! geniusplays drums for the most of side a, the pop side and Will Taylor plays on side b the darker and more edgy part of the album.
I'm available for any session work and I also teach bass in the Lewisham area @ £20 p/h.
If anyone would like to:
A hire me please do so, I have good studio knowledge and work professionally and creatively. I also have the advantage of knowing each musicians role in a band as I play different instruments. If you need a bass player that can also do a Mandolin solo you've always wanted or lay down some great sounding 'Beach Boys' backing vocals I'm your man, think John Paul Jones, Mike Mills, Jack Bruce and Jaco Pastorius mixed together.
B Let me produce you please let me know, I can record and produce your music and also help you perform it. I have all the tools to make something sound great, without breaking the piggy bank. I'm working at the rate of peanuts per 8 hours
The instruments I have available are:
Musicman Stingray bass
Yamaha Fretless bass
Ibanez Jazz guitar
Simon and Patrick 12 String acoustic
Spanish Nylon string acoustic
Washburn electric with tremolo
A style Mandolin, with on-body mic
Fatar Studio piano (True hammer action)
Echo harp
Trace Elliot bass combo
Roland J120 Jazz Chorus
I also design album and single artwork and templates for press. I recently produced the artwork for the latest Tuesday Heartbreak single, Ceri James single and album for recent examples of my work.
Below are some pics of me & the video for Tuesday Heartbreak (r.i.p)
Below is the amazing new video from Roman Rappak for the single 'Start & Begin' that Ceri and I produced.
