About Me
Delighted to meet Howard Jones, a true piano and synthesiser legend, at Tileyard Studios in London.
I started piano lessons aged 7. My mother played to a good standard and I was really lucky because there was always a piano at home. My sister played and whilst she did take piano exams, I never did. It was all just for fun.
I worked hard through my teens to get my exams but music was not one of them.
I did Maths, Physics and Chemistry at A Level. My interest in electronic music grew. In 1987 I bought my first synthesiser, a Roland D20.
I then studied Engineering Science and Technology at Loughborough University. I did start to have a few more piano and singing lessons at this time. Interestingly, my final year project did involve music technology though.
After university I started work as a telecoms engineer for Mercury Communications in Bracknell. I moved to Newbury in 1996 to work for Vodafone.
Throughout this time I was always writing songs and composing with piano and synthesisers, more as a hobby really.
At the end of 2003, after 13 years in telecoms, I left Vodafone. I had become totally disillusioned with a corporate office job because in no way was I putting my creative talents to good effect.
In early 2004 I made a very tentative start in giving a few piano lessons from home. I found it really rewarding and it was certainly very different then a busy commute to work each day. Things grew from there really. Slowly but surely, I started teaching more and more children from the local schools, as well as adults of all ages and abilities. I love working with children and I find it very rewarding to encourage them to develop a lifetime love of music. Something which sadly always was lacking in the education system, and it’s only getting worse each year.
My own tastes in music are obviously biased towards anything piano or keyboards based. Pretty much anything pop, rock, dance, contemporary, electronic, old piano classics, etc.
Thanks for showing an interest. Please get in touch if you have any questions at all.
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