I come from a long line of musicians in my family, so having started to play piano at three years old it was always likely I’d end up playing on a stage somewhere though it this point I was still struggling to stretch to an octave with my tiny hands!
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At 23 years old, and having just been made redundant from my job, I figured it was time to give music a fair go and despite being completely self-taught it was either sink or swim. Between 1993 and 2011 I played keyboards and guitar at live gigs ranging from small bars to large stages, holiday parks to boats, both solo and with bands. I've also been hired for session recording work with various artists and played on live radio. In 1997 I was diagnosed with Charcot Marie Tooth, a condition that effects around 25,000 people in the UK.
I retired from full time music in 2011 I went to University to study for a Bachelor’s Degree, however I'm still working on an original music project with a local singer/songwriter as well as other upcoming projects scoring original compositions for promotional videos.
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I have recently been elected onto the East/South East Committee of the Musicians Union where we represent over 30,000 musicians working in all sectors of the music business which contributed £8bn to the UK economy in 2024.​