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"What
kind of music can I do?" The answer is "MORE VARIETY THAN
YOU'VE EVER HEARD ANYWHERE FROM JUST ONE MUSICIAN" ...including
a few 90s & 80s, lots of 70s, 60s, 50s, 40s, 30s, 20s, Edwardian,
Victorian, Music Hall, Traditional, Folk, Old Time, Ballroom, Latin American,
Rock, Blues, & especially Ballads, plus a few Classical and Opera themes,
& even some Hymns & Carols if required. Solo instruments and/or
vocals, or with backings, or duos, trios, quartets, etc.. This DEMO track has me playing various
keyboard and fretboard instruments. The drums are usually electronic, I'm no great drummer! I
have been making music since the fifties, and gigging since the Shadows and
Beatles era of the sixties, beginning with the college "Beat
Group". I was brought up in a family where making music was almost as
natural as breathing, and there were no pieces of paper, or discussions of
notes, keys or scales, etc.. It was all about listening, and making sounds!
(Theory came later.)
A few
years later, while on holiday, we heard recordings of an organist, and Dad
explained that as well as two or more keyboards, there was also a pedal
keyboard, which enabled the organist to play bass parts with his feet.
Listening, I was surprised to find that I understood exactly what was being
played: I soon began playing electronic organ myself, and worked as an organ
salesman / demonstrator. |
A few
years ago, I played guitar and bass on David Wright's album "Walking
With Ghosts", which was voted "Synth Album Of The Year", and
we also did a benefit concert in aid of the Fisher Theatre, Bungay, Suffolk
in November 2006. The
Sunday afternoon gigs at The Welcome pub in Lowestoft were great fun, because
nobody ever knew which instruments I would turn up with, or what sort of
music they would hear, but although the regulars certainly seemed to
appreciate it, the venue was not really big enough to justify the budget so,
sadly, it ended after an enjoyable year-and-a-half. |