Musician

Piano/organ/synthesisers. Occasionally guitar, bass and other instruments

The Compass Roses Blues/RnB

A band with a flexible line up with members from UK and Netherlands. One of the first gigs (in fact the 3rd gig!) was opening the Pistoia Blues Festival main stage ahead of Deep Purple and Lenny Kravitz. The invite came after I played impromptu Blues at an event in Italy some months before.

Dr. Truth Blues/RnB

Code For The Road is recorded with founder/vocalist Mike Bowden. Further material recorded with vocalists Jocelyn Knight (former Maizie Williams’ Boney-M), Cleo Higgins (Cleopatra) but not  yet released.

Anima Animus Animal Electro-Industrial-Gothic Steam Punk Opera

It started as a recording project: Alexis Karl (New York) and myself in Manchester. Gigs meant one of us crossing the Atlantic. We played Rome, Manchester, New York, Philadelphia

Onyudo releases online

  • Tales Of A Hollow Heart (original mix and master)
  • Mythical Evolution with Ondyne’s Demise

Mythical Evolution

Various

Being in Manchester, there can be various musical opportunities. I played a few gigs with Ed Blaney Band (ex-Fall) and a one off gig with Peter Hook (Joy Division, New Order) and a band led by Ed Blaney plus ex-Fall members.

Producer/Audio Mastering

I have my own studio and also record live performances (now mainly choral)
I qualified in Audio Mastering from Berklee USA.  Projects have ranged from indie, hip-hop, world music and choral and are available on iTunes, Spotify etc

Music Director

I have been musical director for backing bands for touring artists

  • Omar/Junior Giscombe/Don-E (The British Collective)
  • Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot (Curiosity Killed The Cat)
  • Jason Donovan (* Rehearsal and Granada TV)
Appeared on TV with Misha B on keyboards for the songs we had written together.
Julie Gordon Band: Jule E Gordon (Happy Mondays, Shaun Rider’s Black Grape) together with Paolo Fuschi, Dave Luvin and Myke Wilson (Swing Out Sister, Kid British, Texas, later Corinne Bailey-Rae

Church Music

I am the music leader for our church choir and also play organ and electric piano. When necessary, I will write new harmonies/arrangements to suit the voices we have available. We have a YouTube channel created for our rehearsals but have followers from all over the world

With our original 50 year old pipe organ out of action, I recently programmed a 4 manual midi organ and pedalboard to give us a virtual organ that sounds right for our church using samples recorded from church organs in France and Sweden.

Composer/Arranger

  • RnB/Jazz/Avant Garde
  • Film and Video soundtracks
  • Sacred Music for SATB voice and instruments
    • César Franck “Salut contenant 3 motets” for SATBB, SA, SATB
    • “Our Lady of Hope” translated from “Mére de l’Esperance”
    • Numerous hymn SATB harmonies.

Festival and Event Organisation

Promoter, with Geestar, of Arena scale tours for major artists including

  • Sean Paul
  • Ne-Yo
  • 50 Cent
  • Rag ‘n Bone Man

Several tours with artists such as

  • Ashanti
  • Sister Sledge
  • Shalamar
  • Alexander O’Neal

Organised the Salford Music Festival with Ed Blaney for 10 years plus co-presenting other festivals/events.

Livestreaming Events

During Covid, I created a livestream broadcast facility within my studio capable of streaming multiple live channels simultaneously, such as for festivals with multiple stages. Two weekend festivals were livestreamed plus concerts.

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