1993 - 2000, Touring full-time musician South Africa, performing in numerous live bands and touring internationally and settling in Northern Ireland. Lead singer, guitarist composer, and in the rock/pop field.
Publishing deal Mokima, a subsidiary of Sony Music and several of my songs placed in commercials, and various television applications, including Big Brother, Supersport, Endemol productions.
Compositions on several albums which I wrote including 3 releases for the band Sunways and South African band Squeal. I won the SAMA (South African Music Award) for best Rock album The Moon is a Spoon 2001. Chart success and regular regional and national radio-play South Africa.
2001 - 2005: moved to the UK, toured with band Sunways
2007 - 2009 musical interests moved to writing bespoke soundtracks for short films / television and my interests have expanded to include electronic music, experimental genres and symphonic and ambient compositions.
2007: Hoover Dirtbag, 2007 album of poetry by Philip Quaite, 17 track soundtrack, with the poetry narration, ambient recordings and natural recordings.
2009: Happy Island: short film 2009, written / directed by Andrew Wilson.
2010 - 2018 worked for HBO managing the locations on Game of Thrones for which I won several international scouting awards. LMGI.
2019-2021 - consultant Warner Media (full time)
2022 - Consultant HBO locations.
2023 - Construction of music studio, gear purchases, sound treatment and expansion of production techniques.
2024/2025 composed score for short Film animation Wildkind, written and produced by Ciara Tinney funded by NI SCREEN and directed by John McDaid, Dog Ears Studios, based in Derry. (who produce Puffin Rock a well-known children series on Netflix)
Composed, Performed, Mixed and Mastered the entire score in my own studio. Also engineered and mixed all narrations, English, Arabic, Irish.
2025 / 2026 Multiple international film festival selections: Galway International, (Oscar Qualifying) Clonas, Disappear Here Donegal, Derry International Film Festival (Oscar Qualifying) London Breeze Film Fest, Palma, Chicago Iirish, Illinois, Dingle Animation, (Oscar Qualifying) This is England, Rouen France, Kerry International Film Festival. These selections are increasing every week as we are now only 50% through our promotional year.
2025 Released new musical project Love from Belfast, Backbone EP.
2025 Released new single for Love from Belfast, Waiting for the Rain.
2026 To be released, 1 March, new single for Love from Belfast, Connemara.
I am seeking work specifically scoring for private projects, short films, soundtracks, features, television. I run Logic Pro and Universal Audio equipment and seek to expand my work in this industry.
I am a hard-working, great communicator and intend to leave the client satisfied, always open to constructive direction and feedback.
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