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About Me

Well, where do I start?Well apart from various incarnations as a GHOST, I was one of Bob Calvert's original STARFIGHTERS....I've recently quit my job playing synthesisers with SPACE RITUAL, formed in 1999 from the original members of HAWKWIND with whom I played during the early years 1969-74. I've spent the last five years recording and touring quite heavily with SPACE RITUAL and have now returned to Planet Earth for rehabilitation, revitalisation and rest.It couldn't have been that bad as I'm already looking for my next project. probably something musical but hey, who knows what's round the corner? I had a short story published last summer so maybe writing will come into the equation.I'm contemplating re-recording some of my old material from the 80's which fell by the wayside but still shows some promise. I'm recording with STEVE FURLONG at the moment (find him in my friends). We've almost finished the first single (a rough mix can be heard on Steve's page) and a 3 track EP is on its way. I'm working on an album with The Mighty Tong which is a lot of fun, nearing completion on Euripides' Medea which I am producing and spoken by the cast of the UCL/Bloomsbury theatre production and have just started producing (and playing on) 'Rasputin Rocks' - a new stage musical soon to be taking to the stage in London. It's all going quite well really.The studio is growing, I've just added an expander to the Mackie giving me 56 channels and I'm currently looking at installing Pro Tools (if I can afford the mortgage).My other business, Worldwidemusic.co.uk is going from strength to strength. I have some very notable clients such as Simon Climie (Climie Fisher), Foel Studios and most recently Mark Hewins of the Bob Geldof Band. Find me at: www.ceylonjohn.comwww.worldwidemusic.co.uk

My Interests

Music, music and more music. Sailing, Scuba diving, reading (one fiction and one non fiction a week). Theatre and Ballet. COUNCIL-BAITING.

I'd like to meet:

I'm fortunate to be able to say that I've met most of my musical heroes, we've played support to a few in our time and a few have supported us - there is nothing quite like sharing a dressing room with a real hero.
There are obviously more than a few people I admire and would love to meet or have met such as Aleister Crowley, T. E. Lawrence, Laurence Olivier (R.I.P.) and maybe there's still a chance to meet Maggie O'Neil, Mary Stuart Masterson, Rosanna Arquette,

Music:

ABC - Lexicon of Love, Hawkwind 1, Schubert - The Trout Quintet, Simon Dupree - Kites, and, of course, Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini. I could actually fill about a thousand pages here but...

Movies:

Lawrence of Arabia, The Titfield Thunderbolt, all Will Hay films, Fight Club, this is yet another endless list.

Television:

The Simpsons (I once lived with Marge and her kids), Shameless (anything with Maggie O'Neill, Rosanna Arquette or Mary Stuart Masterson), University challenge (sad), Channel 4 News, Soap (the series), almost any old B/W movies.

Books:

THE MAGUS, John Fowles. FIGHT CLUB, CHOKE etc, Chuck Palahniuk. HIS DARK MATERIALS, Philip Pullman. A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY, CIDER HOUSE RULES etc, John Irving. MASON & DIXON,Thomas Pynchon.AMERICAN GODS, STARDUST, NEVERWHERE etc, Neil Gaiman. Terry Pratchett (Everything), Ian Rankin, (Everything), Aleister Crowley, Michael Crichton and the list goes on and on and on.

Heroes:

Robert Calvert, Delia Derbyshire, David Vorhaus, Laurence Olivier, Arthur C. Clark,

My Blog

THANET - Home of the insurance fire.

Following the most recent fire in which the Scenic Railway, the last 'tourist attraction' in Margate went up in flames last week to make way for hundreds of housing association flats - Thanet...
Posted by Ceylonjohn on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:04:00 PST

BEGGING HAS NOW REACHED MYSPACE

Some time ago I blogged about the misuse (in my humble opinion) of MySpace.In that instance it was about middle aged women using MySpace to talk a load of twaddle and peddle their rather unattractive ...
Posted by Ceylonjohn on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:52:00 PST

RASPUTIN ROCKS - The Musical

We continued working on ’Rasputin Rocks’ over the weekend and ran off some demo’s of three songs for some early publicity. You can hear the demo’s here on MySpace at: http://ww...
Posted by Ceylonjohn on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:36:00 PST

Restoring my faith in the future!

I spent last weekend in the studio mixing the stage play ’Medea’ by Euripides.Graham Kirby, the director, came down and we spent an enjoyable but tiring 15 1/2 hours doing the mix, it&rsqu...
Posted by Ceylonjohn on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:09:00 PST

THE FINISHED STUDIO

As the studio is now up and running I thought I might as well tell anyone who may be interested exactly what I am using. Well, I nicked the spare bedroom for starters. It has been professionally so...
Posted by Ceylonjohn on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 09:57:00 PST

NEW ALBUM - OTHERWORLD - DUE FOR OCTOBER RELEASE

Well the new Space Ritual album, Otherworld, is finished, mixed, mastered and 'In the can' It's due out on Eclectic Records some time in October.15 Tracks, all new with the exception of a remix of Son...
Posted by Ceylonjohn on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 08:54:00 PST

MySpace really works - I’ve made a new friend!

I've added planty of friends since joining MySpace, many of them old mates from way back and some interesting new ones along the way. Last week I received a long overdue phone call from a recently add...
Posted by Ceylonjohn on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 05:48:00 PST

PA HIRE COMPANIES - WHO'D HAVE THEM?

Well I have mulled this over and as much as I'd like to let things go I really do think a mention is required.It has been my pleasure over many years to work with some of the world's best PA Companies...
Posted by Ceylonjohn on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 07:30:00 PST

UNASHAMED ADVERTISING

Dear MySpace friends,I have put my business (www.worldwidemusic.co.uk) up on MySpace (myspace.com/worldwidemusicshop ) and will start adding all my friends as and when I can get round to visiting you...
Posted by Ceylonjohn on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:55:00 PST

SOME OLD SONGS SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY

I've added a new profile for my old band Ghost, (the one and only original Ghost from the early 1970's) and have added a few of the old songs to the page. Please feel free to have a look 'n listen. Yo...
Posted by Ceylonjohn on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:14:00 PST