TV advert for the Irish tourist board using music by Greg Knowles and Mike Taylor called Connaught Chase or Dublin Tune.
This is a TV documentary by Carlton for which I wrote the music. The director was Alan Scales whose production company was called Odyssey. The music was later released on a CD for KPM/Musichouse called Modern String Quartet number MHA 27.
I wrote this music for an ITN documentary about President Manuel Noriega of Panama.
I am playing percussion with Jose Carreras and Dionne Warwick singing My Way. It was the opening concert of the Olympic Games 1992
I am playing with Dionne Warwick singing Heart Breaker at the opening concert of the Olympic Games 1992 in Barcelona
This is an episode from a BBC TV series called “Watch” that explains the construction and teaching of percussion instruments. It was fun to go in to a London primary school to work with small children and experience their amazing creativity.
The Fall’s music was different for me becasue ….
I am playing cimbalom on ”Blood Money” a track from the seminal album XTRMNTR by Primal Scream. Recording the track in a small studio in Primrose Hill north London with Bobby Gillespie was a really special experience. I remember him talking about the life of a rock musician in a frank, down to earth way, far from the hype one normally associates with that world.
