Birmingham born and bred, I grew up listening to Zeppelin, Purple, Hendrix and any other rock music I could get my ears on, and was already writing original music for my own band whilst still attending Grammar School. This turned out to be what I would do with my life.

    Appreciating and moving into other styles and fields of music as a session singer and player, was the way I found of earning money with which to fund these ongoing original projects of mine, and that is how my career still proceeds to date.

    Consequently I have played gigs in almost every setting, from social clubs to rock arenas, from lounge bar covers bands to wild and esoteric polyrhythmic original stuff. [Check out NCP]
    This has stood me in good stead with regard to teaching, something I have always done casually, but more recently qualified for, becoming an I.M.F. graduate at the Academy of Music in Birmingham. Which opened up some new and interesting avenues for me, allowing me to teach other aspects of the business, fulfilling niches in the modern music curricula, such as solo and group performance skills, composition and arrangement in contemporary music, and studio skills such as engineering and production.

    I am a writer, arranger and producer of my own material and of original material for many other artists, with varied and extensive studio experience. I have always been a singer first, but I am also a multi - instrumentalist. After my voice, my first instrument is probably piano/keyboards, although I have done many sessions as a guitarist, a bass player, a percussionist, and even the odd gig as a drummer.

        After returning from a successful tour of Japan promoting ‘THE CYBERNAUTS LIVE’ album, [a project featuring Joe Elliott (vox) and Phil Collen (guitar) from Def Leppard, Woody Woodmansey (drums) and Trevor Bolder (bass) from the David Bowie band / Uriah Heep, and myself. (all keys, vocals)]   
            I have been singing and playing with Ricky Warwick (The Almighty) on his Solo Albums, being produced in Joe’s Garage, Dublin, featuring amongst others, another musical hero of mine Scott Gorham.
            Ginger's (The Wildhearts) side projects and Solo Album [s] Check the blog for more info and updates.
Some hard rock/R&B gigs with 'The Fabulous E Numbers'  (various rock festivals around Europe and the U.K.)
Singing, coaching, (vocally) teaching, lecturing at The University of Wolverhampton, and playing keyboards [piano/hammond] with an old school R&B outfit The Facez
            Soapstone Maniac are making a debut album for release in the autumn, and TSDB is being offered for commission later this month, as we start musical/screenplay number two. DVD/Video clips will be posted on here, on dp's MySpace page and elsewhere as and when.