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Tom

Pianist / Songwriter

About Me

I am currently signed to new record label, "Starfisch Records", as a songwriter and artist, with an amazing team of people working for the company. I have been collaborating with new artist, Karen Louise, We've had some top producers and mix engineers working on a new album, including Tommy D, Prince Samson, Jeremy Wheatly, Ash Howes and Andy Bradfield. Recently toured with Karen Louise, supporting Simon Webbe from Blue and another tour supporting "Journey South" of X Factor Fame. I also own and run a Stage School for 5-18 year olds. It's great! I am the eldest of 3 brothers and 1 sister.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

The song playing in this video is "Never Stop Waiting" performed by Karen Louise. Great Dr Who video compilation!

Music:

Jamiroquai, Stevie Wonder, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tower Of Power, Jaco P, Bill Evans, Parliament, Funkadelic, Beastie Boys, Level 42, Bill Withers, James Brown, Freakpower, The Streets, Rage Against the Machine, Stravinsky, Debussy, Ravel, Shostakovich...

Television:

Alan Partridge, 24, The Office, The Simpsons...

Books:

Stephen King (all, especially Dark Tower, Insomnia, Deperation and The Stand) Dean Koontz, Autobiographies, Viz comics,

My Blog

Gordon Craig Panto - Stevenage

Hi everyone,I'm the Musical Director for this year's pantomime in Stevenage, "Jack and the Beanstalk" at the Gordon Craig Thetare.  It's a really long run (about 9 weeks) so come and say hello if you'...
Posted by Tom on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:10:00 PST

New Karen Louise dates

Hi everyone,Just to let you know that Karen Louise has several dates in top acoustic venues in London over the next couple of months which I’m playing for along with Emlyn, a great guitarist.&nb...
Posted by Tom on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:39:00 PST

Channel 4 showing World Music Awards

Hi everyone,Channel 4 are showing the World Music Awards 2007 at 11.55pm this Saturday 17th Nov.  I flew out to Monte Carlo with Rihanna and the band and dancers and we performed "Umbrella" there...
Posted by Tom on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:46:00 PST

Playing for Rihanna at the World Music Awards

I'm off to Monte carlo today to play for Rihanna at the World Music Awards.  I think this is being aired on the 7th November.  I'll keep you posted!
Posted by Tom on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:41:00 PST

Yesterday on X Factor

So I arrived at the studio in Wembey at 8.00am and was in rehearsals before 9am, playing the piano for Kimberly, with the song "It's Raining Men". Due to the difficult choreography, I had to leave the...
Posted by Tom on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 04:49:00 PST

Playing piano on X Factor this Saturday

I have been asked to play the piano for one of the female singers on this Saturday's X Factor.  I'll be wearing a tux and she'll lying be on the piano!  It's on just before the rugby, so I g...
Posted by Tom on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 06:19:00 PST

Panto!

Starfisch Records have very kindly released me for a month over the Christmas period to take a job being Musical Director for "Aladdin" the pantomime, in Stockport.  I'll be running a 5 piece ban...
Posted by Tom on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:43:00 PST

GMTV - Playing piano for Cortes

I'll be appearing on GMTV again on Wednesday 25th July, playing the piano for Cortes (pop/classical cross-over).Let me know if you catch it!x
Posted by Tom on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:47:00 PST

"Falling" single released today!

Our new single "Falling" by Karen Louise has now been released on iTunes and various other downloads sites.  We're at no. 4 in the pop club charts and no. 2 in the Chart Breakers and are now real...
Posted by Tom on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:34:00 PST

Karen Louise meets Dr Who video

Check out the new video on my page - it's a Dr Who compilation made by someone on Youtube, featuring "Never Stop Waiting" as the sound track!  Please leave comments on Youtube if you like it! Tha...
Posted by Tom on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 05:11:00 PST