About Me
Nationality: English
Place of Birth: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Born musician. Playing since 8 yrs old
Background:
Musicianship: Bass Guitar (professional) Rhythm & lead Guitar
Keyboards, Sound engineer / Arranger / Drum programmerExperience includes:
Various Newcastle bands. Inc “The lemon jelliesâ€,
“Bronski Beat†- Keyboard player including world tour / “Communards†- Keyboard player,
Bass Guitar, Double Bass, Vocals. 5 world tours / TV, includes Top of the pops, The Tube. European television, Montreaux pop festival.
MFS records. Island records. Little Peach records. London Records and Deviant Records.
1995 saw the Birth of D.F.M. Productions, working out of Doverfield studios on UK House & Garage tracks,
Composing, professional arranging, producing & remixing.
1996 Worked for Cold Cut as Session Musician remixer and Piratetv.net,
also, I am part of the Cold Cut collective
In 1998 was introduced to the Rocket Network audio production network for musicians to
Collaborate over the internet and develop music software for the internet
Around 2004 joined “Ostara†as bass player, UK & European gigs, remixed tracks on Immaculate Destruction, currently working on new album. Only Solice.Genres
Orchestral, Adult Album Alternative (AAA), Alternative, Ambient, Blues,
Blues Rock, Dance, Drum 'n' Bass Easy Listening, New Age, Experimental,
Film Music, House, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Metal, Pop / Rock, Punk, Spoken Word, and sometimes Trance.for a DanceSkills
Mix Engineer (very experienced) Producer (very experienced) Vocals (as a writer for others)Arranger (very experienced) Bass (very experienced) Composer (very experienced)
Studio:
Mackie 32ch desk
Xeon quad 3ghz Dell Precision 490
Mac G5 3ghz
Vidio Final Cut Pro, Premier, Vjam Pro, Motion Dive,
Echo event MIA.
Laptop /pro Tools HD
TDM Pro tools,
Nuendo 3, Logic Audio,
Reaktor 5, Reason.4Keyboards:
EVERYTHINGGuitars:
1972 Gold top Gibson les Paul
Fender Strats
Lots of Fender Basses
Other equipment: Lots
Various drum machines
Samplers
EFX and Retro Stuff
I Live in London and Devon.