I used to be an Artist ... painting, drawing and print-making ... some of my paintings were published as fine-art prints, posters and cards in the '80s ... had my own Art Gallery for a couple of years in Essex toward the end of the '80s ... by the early '90s gave up the artwork completely in favour of making music for my own amusement initially ... after spending a lot of time getting a basic home studio together and all the while struggling with the technology (it don't come easy!) ...have at last begun to get recordings done ... with encouragement from various people on music forums where I initially shared music I have now signed up with soundclick.com to share my music with a wider audience ...