Collaborators

I was given Marc’s details by Robin Armstrong when I was enquiring about potential singers. Marc had just released his solo album ‘Home Grown’ and I thought he had a great voice. I already had Julie’s guide vocals on ‘Ancient…

I had seen Max perform with the Enid, and listening to their albums I was really impressed with his production skills and ability to do choral arrangements. The song ‘One Race’ required stacked backing vocals and there really was only…

I had admired Gary’s drumming for a while having seen him playing live with Steve Hackett on many occasions. I had recorded programmed drums for the song ‘No Man’s Land’, they sounded ok, but I knew it needed some real…

I first became aware of Pete when he released his ‘Cocoon’ album under the banner of Tiger Moth Tales. Having already recorded Julie’s vocals, I thought he would be a good match for the duet on ‘Seaglass Hearts. I also…

In many ways Julie was the starting point for the album. She was already a friend of Libby’s, and in conversation mentioned that she was looking to create some music for a new venture. Julie was more than capable of…

I had seen Emily promoting her drumming sessions on Facebook. Her resume was very impressive, so I decided to see what she could do with ‘Ancient of Days’ which had sections requiring complex drumming. Emily took on the challenge and…

Whilst completing the song ‘Capture Light’ I decided I wanted a better piano sound. This idea then grew into wanting a more lyrical and expansive piano part throughout the song. I was fully aware of Oliver’s abilities having seen him…

Halfway through the project, I came to the painful conclusion that my guitar solos were just not good enough! So putting on my producer’s hat, I went in search of a guitarist. I found Oliver on YouTube; a young musician…

I read Prog Magazine (of course) and when I saw that someone called Joe Payne had won ‘Best Male Vocalist’ two years running in the Readers’ Poll, I thought I would check him out. I found some YouTube clips of…

Capture Light & Rise and Fall I got in touch with Billy in the spring of 2016. Initially, he agreed to listen to some of my demos with the possibility of doing some mixes. I sent over Crimson Sky and…