I am a DIY musican, playing guitar and bass across bands in the Bristol and SW area of England. Mainly influenced by a lot of classic rock, blues, punk, grunge, alternative and psychedlic. I play to a Grade 8 level on guitar. I also compose noise pieces and soundscapes and have a Master's Degree in Music Composition from Bath Spa University.

Jed Downey

I am a DIY musican, playing guitar and bass across bands in the Bristol and SW area of England. Mainly influenced by a lot of classic rock, blues, punk, grunge, alternative and psychedlic. I play to a Grade 8 level on guitar. I also compose noise pieces and soundscapes and have a Master's Degree in Music Composition from Bath Spa University.

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I am a DIY musican, playing guitar and bass across bands in the Bristol and SW area of England. Mainly influenced by a lot of classic rock, blues, punk, grunge, alternative and psychedlic. I play to a Grade 8 level on guitar. I also compose noise pieces and soundscapes and have a Master’s Degree in Music Composition from Bath Spa University.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

SEN Teaching Assistant at E-ACT Ventures Academy
October 1, 2025 - Present
Assisting students with SEN across various subjects, safeguarding, helping them develop life skills, and recording evidence of learning.
SEN Teaching Assistant at Vision for Education
December 1, 2023 - September 1, 2024
Supporting students with SEN in learning across subjects; safeguarding and helping with transport logistics at start/end of day.
SEN Teaching Assistant at Vision for Education
January 1, 2025 - October 1, 2025
Supporting students with SEN in learning across subjects; safeguarding and transporting students at start/end of day.
Deliveroo Rider / Warehouse Assistant at Deliveroo
September 1, 2020 - October 1, 2023
Delivering food, cleaning bag and equipment, checking IDs/receiving deliveries, moving stock, picking orders, communicating with riders.
Agency Worker at Angard Staffing (Angard)
December 1, 2020 - August 1, 2021
Moving stock, unloading lorries, opening post sacks, sorting post.

Education

MA in Composition at Bath Spa University
October 1, 2021 - November 1, 2022
BA in Professional Musicianship at British and Irish Institute of Modern Music, Brighton (University of Sussex)
October 1, 2015 - June 1, 2018
BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Music Practice at West Herts College, Watford
September 1, 2013 - June 1, 2015
GCSEs at Ashlyns School, Berkhamsted
September 1, 2010 - June 1, 2013

Qualifications

Air Cadet
January 11, 2030 - March 22, 2026
Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award
January 11, 2030 - March 22, 2026
Grade 8 Distinction Guitar (RGT)
January 11, 2030 - March 22, 2026
British Safety Council Level 1 Award in Workplace Safety
January 11, 2030 - March 22, 2026
Fundraising for Wamba Trip, Kenya
January 11, 2030 - March 22, 2026

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services, Other
    paper Jed and the Micrwoave/Plain Microwave

    My main musical output currently, playing live with backing tracks with the intent of turning it into a full band. Half parody and half reality, I take on the role of an immortal 80s rock musician who has just been defrosted after being accidentally cryogenically frozen in 1999. The music is framed as excerpts from a seven album spanning discography that is vaguely recollected, with strange and unsolicted anecdotes on their life in the 20th century music industry; all the disagreements with notable classic rock artists, marital troubles and issues with reintegrating in the digital age. The recorded music is updated periodically, as in canon, they have lost all the rights to the masters and is re-recording demos of the songs (much to the dismay to the nameless record company). As a result, they live as a penniless nomad occassionally performing local shows.

    Plain Microwave is the predecessor to this project, being a straightfoward experimental power-pop recording outlet.

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