During the lockdown I have become extremely busy with recording sessions (trombone and voiceover). An awful lot of people have come to me for advice about what gear to get to set-up a remote recording studio, and mine has been … Read more…
A last minute recording session came in one night, while I was in the middle of a show in the West End. I got a text from composer Alex Baranowski asking if I could record and send files over by … Read more…
Last December I played in the band in a run of shows of a brand new Musical called ‘SiX’, based on the story of Henry VIII’s six wives. From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII … Read more…
Recording is a huge part of my work, whether it’s adding trombone to TV commercials, jingles, game soundtracks, movies, etc, from my home studio, or joining a horn section, band or orchestra in a studio to record the full project. … Read more…
Slotting work in is always quite a challenge, as usually sessions and gigs can easily clash, but yesterday’s work only JUST slotted in. It meant leaving one recording in London (Henry Wood Hall) at 1:30pm and starting another recording at … Read more…
During a bit of spare time I decided to record a trombone octet that I arranged many years ago. Mahler’s 5th Symphony is a favourite of mine, and especially the Adagietto for strings, which I thought might work well on … Read more…
After working on two-time Grammy award winner Corinne Bailey Rae’s critically acclaimed second studio album The Sea in 2010, I was really pleased to be asked to work on her third album The Heart Speaks in Whispers. This third album of Corinne’s … Read more…
I love that I get to play on various soundtracks in my work. Often I record from my home recording studio, for TV/film/media composers, DJs, etc. and I now co-run Real Brass (an online brass session service), providing trumpet/trombone/saxophone/horn/tuba tracks … Read more…
I recently had the privilege of recording the trombone lines for the album ‘Concrete Love’ by the band The Courteeners. It’s a terrific album, which entered the charts at no.3 – have a listen, and download it here! Here’s a … Read more…
This week has been extremely busy. I was invited to play guest principal trombone to record the soundtrack to the second series of Children’s BBC Television Series ‘Wizards vs Aliens’. The Music is written by Sam Watts and like a lot … Read more…
