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Progrotech - Andy Thomas

Music Tech/VJ

About Me

Welcome to a very bright 2008 with new concepts for sound and imagery for live and recorded events. My career involves exposure to lots of emerging technology for creative musicians and the future looks even more exciting for music technologists. I am here to help anyone needing guidance or assistance with advice and practical solutions.
Please contact me here or via my website www.progrotech.com
Progrotech Services Page - clickable link


Here Blue Coma are featured with some of my ArKaos backdrops for their appearance at Paul Cobbold's (producer of Hawkwind and many more) Sixtieth Birthday Bash in Hereford, 11th November 2007.
Keeping the pages clear and hopefully still readable here for more details about my business and services offered via the Progrotech link above.
I have a history of working with emerging music technology and synthesizer session work for the likes of George Benson, David Bowie, Stevie Wonder, Steve Winwood, David Foster, Toto, Trevor Horn, Hawkwind, Keith Emerson, Robert Plant, Geoff Downes and I have played in bands including Zot, Ti Na Na, Grim Reaper and my own project Gymnarchus.

In the past I have been employed/engaged by Yamaha Corporation of America, Steinberg, PPG, Ensoniq, and numerous plugin software houses to promote and evangelise about their products.

Looking forward to meeting and working with people involved in music production and visual presentations for bands and events. I am still very interested in synthesizers ancient and modern.


I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

My Interests

My wife of over 10 years.
Vintage keyboards and vintage keyboard players.
Food - we have lots of great fresh ingredients in my town and front garden.
Beer (Bass and other ales)
MIDI and ArKaos www.arkaos.net
Call me for backdrop and effects visuals if you are on a tight budget.

I'd like to meet:

Music and video artists.

I am leaning closer to realtime Arkaos style image manipulation via straight forward MIDI control surfaces (Kenton Control Freaks) with keyboards, switches, faders or Rollercue.Come and play with your own shoebox of collected images in a new light via scanning and bending via ArKaos and other processes.See my Videos to get a feel for the projects I am currently working on.

Here I am (keys right) with Gonzalo Carrera (keys left)and Robert Indge (guitar/drum programming)

Music:

The Sanderson Pitch - Dive ROCKs!
Space rock
Spaced er... trip stuff
Yes
Paul Carrack
Steve Winwood
David Bowie
Tangerine Dream, ASIA, Kevin Reeves, Thomas Blug, Focus,

Movies:

Withnail & I, 2001, AI, The Mummy, Stargate, Click, Vito Rocco's stuff. Tom Middleton's Amber

Television:

Comedy Drama Music History

Books:

can't read anymore smallened stuff.

Heroes:

...just for one day.

My Blog

One of my new top friends...Buzz Music, Hereford

I have not really bothered with the Blog facilities here or on my official website www.progrotech.com but felt that some of you may be interested in the pages dedicated to a music retail and equipment...
Posted by Progrotech - Andy Thomas on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:45:00 PST