This is my real name.

I play with a variety of bands, mostly on bass, but resumed my original solo playing in 1999. I don't play many live solo spots now as mostly I play with other people.

It's really good to be able to share our recorded music with one another in a similar way to our live music.

Don't really think I would appeal to a major label!

Hmm. I was born and there's a gap, musically, of about four years. My song "News, Weather and Archers" covers from then to when I began learning to play guitar in my teens. It's a long song... I just carried on from there, really. I switched to playing mainly bass fairly soon, and also had a gap of several years with a spinal problem when I couldn't play at all.

Everyone I've ever played with has influenced me, and I go to hear a lot of music live, but really since my teens I've never listened to much mainstream recorded music. A little bit of the following has probably rubbed off, though: The Beatles, Bach, Joyce Grenfell, Bob Dylan, Carol Kaye, Jobim, Dave Brubeck, early Yes and Led Zeppelin.

The Fine City of Norwich

2001 Parker Fly guitar, 1937 no-name acoustic guitar, 2004 Iceni fretless single-bass, 600w Trace-Elliot bass rig, Peavey/Electrovoice PA.
All my old solo tracks are simple minidisc recordings using my PA amp as a mixer. All my recent ones, plus the Bright Spark and UnSparkPlugged tracks, are recorded on my 16-track machine. I never use any automated effects, such as rhythm machines, harmonizers or midi, nor do I use guide-tracks or click-tracks, though I do of course multi-track both vocally and instrumentally. I can't sing more than one voice at a time and I can't play guitar and bass simultaneously, either...

My website Travelling Records