seventy3

1995 - I met a guy at my day job who had a studio, was totally into reggae but wanted to do a dance track and asked me if I could go down and help him and his brother produce it. I was hooked and from that day I stopped buying records and started buying hardware. No soft synths back then. The tune we did was crap by the way, but I spent my Saturdays at the studio taking in as much as I could of the studio set up.

A couple of years after that my kids came along, and the studio had to go (like I said, it was a lot of hardware and took a lot of room).

Christmas 2011 is when I finally decided to give it a go again, and I've had a lot to learn. The gear I couldn't afford to buy back then is now available as software, and making beats at home has become so much more accessible. Getting tracks out there for people to listen to is 100 times easier. I love it. I do this for love so if you think my music is crap, then move on, don't hate me.

Self taught keyboards. Went for lessons once but got very bored.

Cubase 5 DAW
A host of other software for synths and effects

MOTU 828
Alesis ADAT
Red 5 mic
E-Mu 9090
Technics 1210
Numark mixer

As above really.

I DON'T REALLY HAVE A TOP 10, BUT I LOVE ALL OF THESE
Leftfield, Leftism
Arctic Monkeys, Whatever People Say I Am..........
Aphex Twin, Richard D James Album
Beastie Boys, To the 5 Boroughs
Massive Attack, Mezzanine
Paolo Nutini, These Streets
So Solid Crew, They Don't Know
Radiohead, Pablo Honey
Moloko, Things To See And Do

Early dance and disco. I love live bands but I don't think I'm influenced by them in my music. I love jazz, hip hop, grime, dubstep, progressive house, trance and am partial to a bit of funk, but the album I've plaed most in my life is Leftfield, Leftism. That album was waaaaay before it's time.

Electronica. I don't know really.

Manual worker but also studying hard to work towards a career in contracts management or health & safety. I have enquired about studying music tech at uni, but decided not to as there is no money in music any more.