MY MUSIC
AND OTHER SERVICES
I have been playing music since the age of about 14. Primarily self taught, I have embraced many different genres of music and over approximately 30 years have played everything from heavy rock to jazz, early music, reggae, traditional folk and world music on numerous instruments
My core skills are percussion (djembe, congas, darabouka, bodhran), rhythm bouzouki and more recently English/Flemish bagpipes. Other instruments include guitar, bass, octave mandola, lute, gittern and lap harp.
Previous bands/recording collaborations include Tangle Brothers, Belerion, Silver Ghost Band, Supa Reuben's Allstars, Geoff Hills, Al Jones, Snaketown.
While musical versatility and adaptability are also strengths that have been learnt by years of 'paying dues', I am what's loosely termed 'a folky' at heart and my solo compositions and personal style of playing reflect and draw upon traditional music from East to Western Europe and show influences of all the other genres mentioned above.
I am currently working on an album of original music. In the meantime I have produced this EP which will be available from May 2011. Multi-instrumental tunes featuring bouzouki and border pipes.
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Talks/Lecture Demonstrations
Over the years I have given talks/lecture demonstrations on the history of instruments/music and instrument making both to the general public and at a local primary school in conjunction with their curriculum focus on the Tudors -- the children loved it! They were all asked by their teacher to write subsequent thank you notes to me and I was astounded by how much they had taken in and remembered. If you are interested in hiring me for such a presentation, please get in touch, I am happy to provide a letter of reference.