Biography

I come from Port Glasgow, a small former shipbuilding town on the west of Scotland.
A town of former glory like others blighted by the short sighted decisions of the then prominent Politicians. I sought solace from the harshness of urban decay escaping further into
my lifelong loves of music & philosophy.
My humble beginnings took shape in the local boy's brigade playing the bagpipes and great fun it was too.. it also served as an early introduction to the perils of after gig indulgence. My Guitar apprenticeship began when a family member gave me a battered acoustic he found discarded in a park in Glasgow.
Later I graduated to dying the hair black and playing the Bass in a local Goth band, all the while taking in a fantastic variety of sounds from friends record collections - Tom Waits, Peter Gabriel , Bernard Herrmann , John Barry , Syd Barrett , Nick Drake etc. from there my musical horizons have broadened greatly, taking in roles in various songwriting / band collaborations to achieving a diploma in Media Composition. Up to present I've been added to the roster of a Glasgow based sync licencing company called SYNCME (Neon Productions), in London - Treasure Hunte Productions and in America - Negative Sound Publishing & Manifest Media. Now I’m a member of the band Degas.