I began playing the guitar when I was 13 years of age. I had been messing around on a cheap plywood instrument for a while but a radio broadcast of Segovia as well as an emerging awareness of popular music prompted me to start taking the whole thing seriously. Although I was primarily interested in classical guitar I also had a very deep interest in other styles especially the Blues and Appalacian music. I have also always played the electric guitar which provides the most obvious vehicle for improvisation and composition.
On leaving school I followed the orthodox path of going through music college studying under Douglas Rogers and proceeding to persue a career as a classical guitarist where I won the odd competition or two including Guitarist magazine’s “Acoustic guitarist of the year” . However I also found time to play in a professional rock band, duet with my brother Howard, a superb 5 string banjo player and compose electronic music. Latterly I have felt the urge to pool my resources as it were and find a medium that combined all my talents and interests in one project. As a result I have begun to perform pieces of my own on a steel string guitar drawing from my experience in all the various fields in which I have worked or taken an interest.
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On leaving school I followed the orthodox path of going through music college studying under Douglas Rogers and proceeding to persue a career as a classical guitarist where I won the odd competition or two including Guitarist magazine’s “Acoustic guitarist of the year” . However I also found time to play in a professional rock band, duet with my brother Howard, a superb 5 string banjo player and compose electronic music. Latterly I have felt the urge to pool my resources as it were and find a medium that combined all my talents and interests in one project. As a result I have begun to perform pieces of my own on a steel string guitar drawing from my experience in all the various fields in which I have worked or taken an interest.