I trained Classically on viola, violin and piano. Qualified and left Trinity college of Music, London, to forge my own form of creative expression through music. Managed to find and join a pop band who thought a viola player was exotic! Progressed into writing for and playing with my own band which was successful on the London gig scene. Also worked as a busy studio session player…mainly on viola. No name dropping here though...
Written music for two Channel 4 films, TV ads, Contemporary Dance, Film, and other ongoing commercial ventures.
At present, I am interested in writing lyrics about many subjects. ….. green and environmental issues, animal rights, human rights, personal/planetary growth, spiritual stuff!, veggie/vegan issues, etc etc. Oh yes, almost forgot, love…
Also pushing the boundaries with the music. There's hints of Classical, Indian, Celtic, Minimalist, Baroque, Middle Eastern etc alongside experimental electro/acoustic pop.
Many thanks to my inspiring, insightful, ridiculously talented singers. The pitch perfect gentleman, Giles Pilgrim Morris, counter tenor on 'The Flower'. Sultry songstress, Samira Mohamed on 'This Day', 'I Will Shine' and 'Power of Now'. Glamour-Puss, Olivia Suki Brown on 'Einstein' and the gorgeous Stella Davies on 'Blackbird'
Please excuse lack of production. These tracks were all done by me at my home studio. I can only use my fab gear like a 4 track, playing nearly everything through a mic, but i know you will get the drift. Just see them as works in progress - which they are.
One last thing. I am looking for an imaginative and superb drum/beats person who can experiment in any genre…..look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks for listening and come back soon as the tracks will change periodically.
Kiss kiss.
xx
Influences
Bach, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens, Eric Satie, Vivaldi, Jocelyn Pook, Jonathan Dove, Bjork, Purcell, The Gossip, Asian Dub Foundation, Moby, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Morrissey, Radiohead, Goreki, Mazzy Star, Murcof, Nitin Sawhney, Haydn, Go Team, Sinead O'Connor, Goldfrapp, Lamb, Mozart, Basement Jaxx, Chieftans, PJ Harvey, The Rakes, Eliza Carthy, Natasha Atlas, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Johnny Cash, Ladytron, Blondie, Badmarsh and Shiri........blah de blah de blah
Non musical influences.....Tony Benn, Aaron Russo - do watch his film 'Freedom to Fascism' which applies to the UK also. John Pilger, Naom Chomski, Mark Thomas, Gandhi, John Lennon, Eckhart Tolle, Read 'The Power of Now' ..it rises above all religions...William Blake, George Herbert, Oscar Wilde, Sarah Kane, Viva!, Animal Aid, Tony Wardle, my late cat - Cello, and of course - Nature!
Sounds Like
Every emotion you've ever felt......................................
Knowing that you like our music I thought I'd let you know that we have uploaded 4 new songs in our player, feel free to come listen... They are from our second CD which is now released and should be available in fine record stores close to you
Hope that your summer starts nicely Knowing that you like our music I thought I'd let you know that we have uploaded 4 new songs in our player, feel free to come listen... They are from our second CD which is now released and should be available in fine record stores close to you
NO worries you can come down for the next one! :) See gig listings for details. Ready to do some more songs when you are. Let's have a catch up anyway even if its not to work. hope you workshop goes well...will pass the info along. *Hug*
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thanks for the add leave a comment so i can easily find you. when i figure out how to do it i'd like to section off parts of my page (or maybe i just need to separate them in a blog) so people can find bassists, violinists etc for sessions
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