I was talent spotted by my parents when I was about 9 years old playing the dining room table.

Seeing the potential, they bought me a table of my very own. Due to lack of decent sound and the simple fact it was just a table, I was treated to a very dodgy old Casio keyboard which I remember had a great bosanova rhythm on it. Next was a Yamaha, this i used to record very simple tracks on tapes when I was at secondary (high) school.

Then, when I was 20 years old, my Grandmother passed away leaving me a small amount of cash. With this I bought a Roland U-220, an MC-500 and an A-30 keyboard. T... (+) expand

I was talent spotted by my parents when I was about 9 years old playing the dining room table.

Seeing the potential, they bought me a table of my very own. Due to lack of decent sound and the simple fact it was just a table, I was treated to a very dodgy old Casio keyboard which I remember had a great bosanova rhythm on it. Next was a Yamaha, this i used to record very simple tracks on tapes when I was at secondary (high) school.

Then, when I was 20 years old, my Grandmother passed away leaving me a small amount of cash. With this I bought a Roland U-220, an MC-500 and an A-30 keyboard. This keyboard cost £150 and is still the only keyboard I possess to this day.

I composed only 2 songs over the next 6 years. Amateurish plinky plonky piano with synth strings. "hmm nice" I hear you say...


When I was 26 I got married realised I was rubbish and all the equipment went in the loft.

There it all stayed until my divorce.

When I remarried I bought some simple sequencing software and other bits and bobs.

I finally started composing in my 33rd year, in November 2007, 'The Cruel Sea' which is actually a rip off of one of the 2 plinky plonky ones I composed when I was 20.

So there you are... Everything has been composed in the last 6 months, with nothing of any significance preceding it.

Oh, and I almost forgot... I mimed in a band once! (well, twice actually!)

I have never had formal training and never learned to read music, which is a shame as I am now struggling to learn 'Sausage in a pan'. (-) collapse