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Here’s two new songs from my singer/songwriter material performed at John Ainsworth’s Monday Sessions night at The Salutation. Thanks to John Swindells and Jonny D Henson for the filming and the brilliant John Ainsworth for the audio....

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Exciting news. Some of my singer/songwriter material has been getting some airplay on Tom Robinson’s Introducing show lately. Thanks a lot to Tom Robinson and his production team for choosing me to be on the...

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I’m currently creating some new production music at the moment and looking for placements in production music libraries. If you work in this area, feel very free to get in touch if you can...

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I’ve been spending a bit of money before the tax year ends… (it’s a good excuse anyway!). I’ve just got hold of two new toys;  Vintage AMG1 Resonator Guitar and Yamaha P35 Digital Piano....

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After A LOT of tweaking and ‘faffing’ (as my mum would say…), I’ve finally finished my new showreel for 2013! It features, amongst other things, my work on Will Power and for clients such...

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In the quest to finally get my website done and dusted, I’ve been accumulating some testimonials from people I’ve worked with in the past. Here’s a few that have come through so far. Thank...

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I won a Cascade Fathead II microphone… Happy days! Thank you to Studiocare Professional Audio for the prize! I’m recording some acoustic guitar tracks at the moment so this is a very welcome addition!...

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I’ve got a brother by the name of David Kelly. He’s in a great band called Vasco Da Gama. He also occasionally helps me out with some session drums for some of my music...

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I was recently mentioned as one of ‘five of the new artists in Manchester that its citizens can be proud of’ in the itsoundedsweet.com blog… Thanks very much itsoundedsweet.com. Much appreciated! I thought I’d try and...

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I’ve just added a few music excerpts from ‘Will Power’, the drama/comedy film I composed the film score for. Please feel free to have a listen and comment! I went to the long awaited film...

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I’ve just completed my first batch of production music tracks. You can hear a few examples below. There are many more tracks in development and the aim is to have around 35-40 within the...

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The official Will Power trailer is now online! Co-starring Marc Pickering (Sleepy Hollow, Calendar Girls) the film is a colourful comedy-drama, with an ending that will knock you sideways.   My involvement has been writing,...

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In addition to composing and producing music for film, TV and video games I perform around Europe as a singer/songwriter. I just thought I’d point you in the direction of my music video for...

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We’re on the final straight now scoring for Will Power The Movie. I now have a full score to be going through with a fine tooth comb. The deadline for the ‘dress rehearsal’ (when...

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Exciting news everyone… I’ve just won some very tasty Roland HD-1 V-Drums from Dawsons Music! The competition required you to create a YouTube video entitled ‘Why I Need Roland V-Drums in My Life‘ explaining why you...

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I was commissioned to write music for a brand new children’s programme for the BBC entitled ‘The Rhyme Rocket‘ back in January. The first episode aired on Monday (19th March) on the CBeebies channel...

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I’m currently working on a very interesting short film by Zero Facility Films at the moment entitled Will Power. Its a colourful drama/comedy, co-starring Marc Pickering (Sleepy Hollow, Calendar Girls, Britain’s Got the Pop...

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Eskimotion has recently completed a remix of ‘Ghosts’ by the upcoming singer/songwriter: Gabrielle Aplin. James had the pleasure of supporting her at a gig in Manchester back in September 2010. I picked up an...

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Eskimotion Music created this music (and video) for Fused Glass Artist Mark Briggs at Linear Art Studios. The client required a cool classy piece of music vaguely reminiscent of the band Air.

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I’ve entered the Retro Rampage remix competition.. You can find my entry below. Beastie Boys meets Mars Volta meets a touch of prog rock and lo-fi electro… all in 8-bit… That was the initial...

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