I'VE BEEN PLAYING DRUMS SINCE THE AGE OF SIX. I'VE BEEN WRITING SONGS SINCE I WAS ABOUT 14. I DO BOTH IN THE BAND NEON WALTZ.

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MY KITCHEN WINDOW LOOKS OUT ONTO THE ORKNEY ISLES. IT’S INSANE. I LOVE IT SO MUCH. IT'S A PLACE CALLED JOHN O’GROATS. IT’S MIGHTY WINDY 70% OF THE TIME AND THE MUSIC SCENE IS PRETTY QUIET, WHICH ALWAYS MAKES ME THINK THAT I’M INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO HAVE STARTED A BAND WITH FIVE OF MY BEST FRIENDS. THAT'S A RARE THING ANYWHERE, NEVER MIND IN A PLACE SO SMALL. 

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ASIDE FROM DRUMS & WRITING, I LEARNED TO RECORD SONGS IN MY TEENS, STARTED WITH A TASCAM CASSETTE RECORDER, ONTO MINI-DISC, THEN A BOSS DIGITAL THING BEFORE PRO TOOLS. THAT LEAD TO SOME PRODUCTION WORK WITH OUR OWN BAND AND SOME OTHERS. ​​​​

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IF YOU NEED HELP WITH YOUR SONGS OR WANT TO WRITE TOGETHER, NO HARM SENDING AN EMAIL.

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JUST SO YOU'RE NOT SHOOTING IN THE DARK - I LOVE AND I'M INSPIRED/INFLUENCED BY ALL (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) OF THESE HEARTBREAKERS:

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MUSIC: DR. DOG / RICHARD SWIFT / ANDY SHAUF / DAWES / THE NATIONAL / THE WALKMEN / ANGEL OLSEN / PHOEBE BRIDGERS / THE BAND / CAROLE KING / WILLIE NELSON / LUKAS NELSON / BIG THIEF / BELLE & SEBASTIAN / FATHER JOHN MISTY / LCD SOUNDSYSTEM / FLEET FOXES / CHRISTIAN LEE HUTSON / MAYA HAWKE / ALICE PHOEBE LOU / EMMY LOU / ST VINCENT /  MERCURY REV / KING CREOSOTE / GRIZZLY BEAR / THE EAGLES / THE REPLACEMENTS / PULP / THE CORAL /  BILL RYDER-JONES / MICHAEL NAU / MITSKI / JONI / TIMBER TIMBRE / SIMON & GARFUNKEL / WILCO / THE BEATLES / NRBQ / GRAM PARSON / TALKING HEADS / M.WARD / ALDOUS HARDING / JONATHAN RICHMAN / MERLE HAGGARD / CUT WORMS / SONNY & THE SUNSETS / SUPERGRASS / ASHE / KEVIN MORBY / RYAN ADAMS / SIXTIES / ANYTHING THAT SOUNDS OLD / ANYTHING THAT SOUNDS INTERESTING.