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I am a singer-song writer who has worked within many areas of music over the past 20 years including, vocal production and arranging, radio and television, community and church based vocal workshops, theatre and advertising. My voice has been heard on recordings and live performances across the world and within many styles from Opera to Pop, Reggae and Gospel.
I learned to sing at home as everyday my parents sang around the house and my older brothers and sisters played their records constantly. I was nurtured on a healthy diet of Country and Irish and Motown and Soul…mmm! Within a house of 13 people there were lots of rooms and each one had a different sound coming from it. Many times we would sit at our mothers feet and sing, songs of ‘Home’, of hope and faith.
My first taste of the stage was when I began singing in church as a teenager and swiftly progressed along the ranks of those who had gone before me onto the Gospel music scene and then into the wider music industry.
Since those early years I have had the pleasure of traveling far and wide and have experienced things beyond my imagination. Whether it be television, radio or studio, performing on many of the worlds most renowned stages or meeting and working with some of my musical influences and heroes – I have learnt that what we believe to be dreams are sometimes in fact visions, as I have experienced in real life what I once considered impossible.
I acknowledge that all I am and all I have achieved has been possible only through the favour and grace of God and I am thankful for the opportunities that have come my way and for the many teachers who have so graciously afforded me their time and gifts.
You don’t have to have travelled far or seen much to know that the world is in need and it’s clear to me that at the moment music is not helping. On some levels music has become an attitude and an opportunity for the greedy and soulless. I know that the true purpose of music is to uplift and encourage, to sooth and massage the very soul. The reward for us then can only be in the music itself. That’s the reason why we sing.
‘Home’ – my debut solo album – is a tribute to those artists who went before me, those from whom I learned so much. It has been a labour of love straight from my heart, a message of hope and love to the world, nothing heavy, just real good old-fashioned music.
