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I developed my love of sound
recording in the 1970's when I started multi-part recording my own
performances by adding new parts with a crystal microphone whilst
"bouncing" sound between an old, mono Reel-to-Reel and a cassette
recorder. I later progressed via stereo to 4-track cassette, 8-track
reel-to-reel, 8-track cassette and, finally the current top-notch, 24-track digital
hard disc set-up. I love to keep learning about and practicing sound
recording.
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Over the years I have recorded
brass bands, silver bands, string quartets, country bands, rock bands,
spoken voice, sound FX, musical shows, choirs, techno bands etc in
locations that include pubs, clubs, front rooms, town halls, village
halls, churches, school halls and my home studio. As a recording,
live sound and
SFX engineer, I have worked with live theatrical productions, musical shows,
school productions and band performances of different types.
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Since 1979, I have also
written, played and recorded music with the band ‘Trace’ and also played
guitar or
sound-engineered for ‘Turnham Green Blues
Band’, and the live show bands ’Underdog’ and ‘Fusionz’.
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I am currently the guitarist, lead and backing
vocalist, occasional bass guitarist, sound and recording engineer and
technical guru and Musical Director of
Premium
Banana - a popular party band.
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For four years I was the Musical Director
/ orchestra leader for the Community of
Hungerford town shows and the productions were
Happy As A Sandbag,
Salad Days, Scrooge and Oliver!
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I also act a bit and have been
involved in theatre and show productions, both in singing and non-singing
roles. In 2005 I played Frank Butler in Annie Get Your Gun
and in 2006 was Wang Chi Yang in the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Flower Drum Song.
February 2007 saw me playing Horace Vandergelder, love
interest of Dolly Levi in the popular musical
Hello, Dolly!
In Feb2008 I played Alfred Locke in the Lionel Bart's
musical
Blitz!.
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In previous
lives I have worked as Research Scientist, Quality Manager and
Environment, Health & Safety Advisor for various multi-national companies.
I have an honours Degree in Metallurgy (BSc (Eng) ARSM) and a Masters
Degree in Business Administration (MBA). I also hold two NEBOSH
qualifications: a National General Certificate in Occupational Safety &
Health and a Specialist Diploma in Environmental Management. I was
also a Chartered Engineer for 20 years. This means I can also offer
Technical Authoring &
Web Design skills with Health,
Safety and Environmental Management consultancy skills..
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I am married to a very
understanding and talented wife and have two talented daughters.
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