There's a word that keeps coming up in the composing community, and it's not going away: diversify. There's a feeling that if you put all your eggs in one basket you'll run into trouble when the robots take over.

I started doing voice over work a couple of years ago, and have completed jobs for the likes of Disney, Elemaster and the Railway Children charity.

​You can hear my showreel below, and if you're in need of some VO, I recommend going through Voquent, they really are great.

The Sound Boutique Presents...Sleep
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My first release back in December 2011. I was still getting used to Logic Pro after upgrading from Garageband (yes, that's what I started on).

I used quite a lot of sounds that came with Logic for this, so it probably sounds a bit dated. It was enjoyable to make though, and probably reflected what I needed after years of being a primary school teacher!

​You can listen to a 30 second clip below if you like. It's available here and on all good streaming / download sites.

The good thing about being a professional composer is that because you have the gear, the question starts to become 'why not' rather than 'why'; so when I started humming this tune back in 2014 I just thought I'd record it and see how it sounded.

I then recorded another, and another. You can hear my attempt at a Christmas single below. Oh go on then, if you use the discount code CHRISTMAS19 at check out (code valid until Christmas Day) you can download the whole Christmas EP on me. Happy Christmas!

The second EP from Band of One was released in 2013. The lovely cover photo (Kingston Upon Thames, where we lived at the time) was taken by Josh Greeves, a friend's son who came to stay to do some work experience at a nearby company. 

​This EP was about my friends...it seemed to be a time when everyone was going through something, and I suppose it came out in the songwriting.

Hole is track 3 (you can stream below), and the EP is available to buy here and on all good streaming/download sites. 

In 2018 I set about recording everything around me. I bought a little Tascam hand-held recorder, and started Real World Sounds. 

I organised the sounds into themed sound packs. I found that there are a lot of good sounds for sale online but most of them are available in massive collections for lots of money, so I thought organising into smaller, themed sound packs would be more appealing.

You can browse the collection here, and if you use the discount code DRAGSCRAPE19 at checkout you can download this one on me.

Everybody Loves A Moose (52x7' / RAI)
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Everybody Loves A Moose was my first TV series back in 2013. It was fun to score and my first real crack at animation.

The first thing I had to deliver was the theme tune, which I assumed would be re-voiced by a character. Little did I know that they just went ahead and used the version I sent!

Funny little story: before writing the theme tune I reached out to my now co-producer on Making A Soundtrack, Dan Watts, for advice. He said to stick to four notes, so I did. Well, maybe five. Judge for yourself, and sing along if you know the words.

I can't tell you how much I enjoyed writing for this series. It still blows me away how those animators not only brought the characters to life but also delivered the personalities and mannerisms outlined in the script.

​There's a snippet below and you can watch full episodes on BBC iPlayer.

By 2013 I was writing for my first TV series, Everybody Loves A Moose. While it was pretty full on it was huge fun and has made me a fan of animation.

I started Band of One as I missed writing songs and making some noise. I hadn't really stopped writing songs so thought I should start getting some recorded, and Band of One seemed like an apt name for a band with one person in it.

If you use the discount code BO1EP19 at the checkout you can download the EP for free here until 25th December.

Traveller was completed later on in 2012, meant as a way for me to experiment and build a portfolio work. By now I was writing for libraries but there weren't (and still aren't) any rules about how I should write and release music.

Part of me thinks that writing and releasing so much music early on was a result of changing career at 38, and finally having the time to dedicate creatively. With the benefit of hindsight it was the start of what continues to be an outpouring of music. I had found my creative home.

​You can download Traveller here.