Curriculum Vitae

I have spent the last thirty five years working in the music industry.
My career has encompassed producing albums, recording, mixing and programming as well as mastering and audio restoration.

• Bob Marley - restoration and remastering.
• Billie Holiday - restoration and remastering.
• Muse - two remixes.
• Lisa Stansfield - single mixes.
• Louise - single mix.
• Pete Doherty - demos.
• Joe Leader - live and studio album mixing.
• David Laudat - engineering and programming.
• David Hallyday - programming.
• Shaun Escoffery - live programming.
• Al-Pha-X - mixing, mastering and remixing.
• Crosstrax Records - recording and mixing.

Technical skills.
Having built my own studios i am well versed in all aspects of hardware and software such as digital and analogue consoles, digital audio workstations, tape machines, outboard effects and processors, microphones and acoustic design.

Live Engineering.
I started my career as a live engineer back in 1990 setting up sound systems for raves, then mixing live bands all across London. I recently returned to live sound at The Old Stables in Cricklade.
There are too many bands to list but here are a few recent ones.

• Bloch Eyot.
• William the Conquerer.
• Henry Priestman.
• Sam Lewis.
• Blue Rose Code.

Lecturing.
Studied sound engineering at The Institute of Music and Technology (equivalent to GNVQ and BTEC.) Lectured in sound engineering and music tech at :

• The Institute of Music and Technology.
• London Employment Training.
• The Doxa Partnership.
• Music Alive.

Installation and consultancy.
I managed and built studio installations and designed specifications for many independent record labels in-house operations. Follow up consultancy which constituted tuition, trouble shooting and problem solving.

Bentham Studio.
Built a rural studio from scratch to record everything from from grass roots artists to signed bands to choirs. Launched three record labels - Infernal Machine Recordings, 208 Records and Omniphonic Records. Produced the live acoustic video series Live at Bentham Studio.

Other Work.
Three years as a trustee of the charity Music Alive. I set up a music production training project for MA's musicians and then launched the charity's own label to record and release their music.

Before training as a sound engineer in 1990 I worked for The Computer Centre as an installation and service engineer and completed the IBM and Compaq authorisation training.
I am currently studying part time for a degree in Computing at The Open University.