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a Coventry thoroughbred, the youngest of four (Veda - now known as Sandy, then Bill, then Steve, then me) born to my parents
Bernard and Eileen. I was about three years old when it was first discovered that I had some musical ability, through
picking out tunes from the radio on dad's old harmonium, apparently I also loved Semprini! Piano lessons from the teacher down the road were little encouragement to my creativity. Joining
St Thomas Church choir prepared me to win a scholarship to Coventry Cathedral Choir, where I received much of my music training. This also meant a move from the very basic Broadway
Junior School to King Henry VIII Grammar School. Neither Broadway nor my dad introduced me to any sporting activity,
so as well as a new social class to acomodate, I was surrounded by football, rugby, cricket and athletics, all of which were
foreign to me! I didn't enjoy school much, but managed to get 6 'o' levels of which one was music.
I exscaped to Coventry technical College to get 2 'a' levels and by then I'd started songwriting with
my school mate, Clive Barnwell. I wanted to become an architect, got on a course at Manchester Polytechnic, did a brilliant
1st year and a disastrous 2nd year! Coventry is not well known as a hot-bed of musical activity, and a poor self image meant I was in my early twenties before having the nerve to join my first local band. My 'heroes' at the time were the likes of Rick Wakeman, Patrick Moraz and Richard Tandy, and I assumed I had to have that level of expertise. A few months with 'Blaze' then a lengthy stint with Disco band 'Drops of Brandy' showed that I had useful talents to offer, but resulted in a split; and 'Paris' was born to perform songs I and Clive had written. We were not interested in being trendy (too snobbish for punk which we all detested), we aimed for musical excellence, not popular at the time! Some slight local recognition nearly resulted in a recording and management deal - but only nearly! Eventually, I sensed the move to synths in the early 80's, the rest of the band weren't interested, so Paris disolved. Music activity waned through my first marriage to Angela - having to be sensible and all that, including my bit to raise our children Dorothy and Ben - but some songwriting continued (I joined the Guild of International Songwriters and Composers for a while). A return to music was prescribed as the cure for a bout of nervous exhaustion, so the early 90's saw me joining some Electric Ceilidh bands (Aardvark, Five Minutes to Midnight and the occasional dep. with Peeping Tom). Divorce brought depression - and salvation! I started to get involved in praise and worship music after spending three months in Antigua, playing with the Kenny Wilson band and teaching music to some local gospel musicians. Throughout a troubled second marriage to Joanna, songwriting including a host of CCM songs, three musicals scripted by various authors, and some worship material. I also started working with Patrick McNeill on TV ad. and DVD soundtracks,and one of the musicals, 'The Voice' a lively romp through the life of John the Baptist. Whenever I've been single, I've gravitated back to living in Earlsdon, the best area of Coventry, where I now rent a bed-sit which doubles as my studio. My recording set-up is nick-named 'The Paddock Studio'. This is because "The Donkeys" is my 'virtual band'! Much of the music can be purchased through timothytitus Limited. Click on the links above for further details. Please access my personal Blog.. although I'm not always very good at keeping it up-to-date!  |
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*synfactory by Peter Wendrich = THE FANTASY = - Originator - = THE TECHNICAL =
- eight audio oscillators triggered by a binary demodulator, timed by a divider through
logic gates; >1000 combinations - tranZmachine - |
