Music has been the core of my life since I first picked up a bass guitar and jammed with a mate at 13. For someone who has been composing, playing and singing for nearly 50 years it is a little surprising that I do not have more professional standard recordings. Dear reader: I am well aware of this short-coming and I am doing everything I can to rectify the situation while I am still alive and well.

There have been numerous blocks placed in front of my dream to get my music out:

• The various ensembles I have played and sung in have all been sabotaged from within by personality clashes, artistic differences, incompetence or destructive dictators.
• Music that I have created to fit someone else's words has always run into the refusal of the dead writer's estate to allow my adaptation.
• I have not been able to play some instruments, (such as piano and drums), to professional standard and people do not like the computer synthesised versions I produce with my computer.
• Record companies have shown no interest in my demos despite numerous quality submissions over the years.
• Until recently I have not been able to afford to hire professional musicians to perform my music at the standard the public expect.
• Until recently my only means of distributing my music was via my website which lacked visibility and monetisation.
• etc

Anyway. Excuses are for the weak! I have found the way to get around all these obstacles and you can now enjoy the fruits of my new strategy via the links you will find on the release pages listed on the left.

My new strategy is to fully arrange my works for an affordable ensemble, to hire professionals musicians to perform it, rehearse them well and record the work in a professional studio. I then use a distributor like SongTradr to farm the digital product out to all the streaming services like YouTube, Apple Music, Spotify etc where you can hear it and I can get paid.

I tested this strategy with the cheapest and simplest ensemble: the solo pianist and am happy with the result! Yes, I still wish to work with larger ensembles but one must walk before one can run. The next project might be a singer and piano. Stay tuned!