From a very young child I loved to sing. I had secret aspirations of performing in a musical. I did quite a bit of choir but never really took to it. I used to sit on the floor of my bedroom with Andrew Lloyd Webber records and one of those small suitcase turntables and sing away for hours.

I started playing guitar at about 14 when it was all the rage amongst my friends. I always was, and remain, one of those people who played to accompany myself singing rather than for playing the instrument’s sake.

In about 1990 something, I heard that you could download midi files from this new thing called the “internet” and I went crazy finding songs. With these, I played in a pub band called “Alice Band” with my best friend and we drank a lot of tequila but we must have sounded terrible!

I have also dabbled in keyboard, ukulele and electric guitar. A year or so ago I swapped my large Taylor guitar (that I hated playing) for a bass with my music partner, lebz. I am now really enjoying using BIAB backing tracks, playing bass and singing at the local farmers market every Saturday morning.

A couple of weeks ago I couldn’t get my iPad (with my BIAB tracks on it) to work because the cable was faulty. I just sang and played bass and everyone loved it! Life is full of surprises.

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