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We meet an aspiring British blues and soul singer who has a not-so-secret past as a 90s reggae artist Setting...
Two days of free musical instrument lessons will be taking place at over 120 venues across the UK in June...
Our second exclusive of the week is by a UK songwriter who’s been likened to some of pop-rock’s finest artists...
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I have been writing songs now for over 40 years and I am not about to stop.
Notebook writing even day
I wrote 'Start a party' for Freedom day and the nightclub scene. It all started with Gary Barlow's course, I am now on the TSA
I have plenty of ideas and try to get one end product at one time! Focus, making, listen to it until I am satisfied with
Continue to build an incredible music catalogue
I have been writing songs privately for the last 5 years, but never recorded any. I almost gave up on recording, and was going to
It's my passion, to be honest.