A long time ago before I went back to school and university I was a musician. Had a lot of fun doing that for a number of years. One day in 1988 I just decided to quit music and go back to see if I could learn. Hardly picked up my bass guitar or six string since then. Not written any lyrics or composed one song.

When I frist moved up to Edinburgh I did get back into playing here and got a lot of fun out of it playing covers with some others here.

About two months ago I got the yearn to start composing again and have written twelve new tracks. I had quite forgotten how much joy I got out of playing music.

I believe the musician stuff I did way back then helped me to overcome barriers that my dyslexia had made unsurmountable to me at school.

I remember I just stopped attending school when I was about 14 just gave up on it. I got into gangs and trouble with the police for a while there

When I was actually old enough to leave school at 16 I did so an angry counfused young man who was a failure. Music changed all that. It showed I was good at something and could achieve and it chilled me out. It got me focussed on doing something positive with my life and away from gang culture altogether.