Music…hmmm…How can anyone describe Music?…can it be put into a sentence? People try, but for some reason it’s a part of us…evolution has kept it alive…it must aid us to be who we are for some reason. Every culture, creed and race has music and it’s a cliche’…’Music be the food of God’s (love)...well, from what I’ve heard over the years…I guess the Gods are here…and have always been here!

Of course, if you’ve read my previous blogs, you probably can sum up that I was instilled with Computer technology, but also spent my days spinning on my back...but there was something else…something that was guiding me in a way…something that I wasn’t aware of…don’t get me wrong…nothing religious, but something I didn’t understand…I found Music!

Growing up, I was surrounded by Music…my Step Dad was a Guitarist and my Mum played the Bass and sang…which is quite funny…as she’s only 5 foot nothing…lol! They were both in a band, with a Drummer and Rhythm Guitarist and used to gig around Workingmen’s Clubs. Mum used to take us to some of the gigs and it’s a classic tale in the family, that growing up, I used to fall asleep, while leaning on her Bass Cab…a huge Bass speaker, but I ‘absorbed’ it in some way…this was before my Stepdad was involved…but I can vaguely remember it.

Growing up around Music was fun and to me, it was just normal…my Mum practicing and SD getting his guitar out and recording it...I mean, every family did it right? They’d be Drums set up in the front room, loads of wires everywhere and gleaming Guitars in their stands…loud noises and rhythm…it was just normal!

One thing…I have to thank my SD (r.i.p) for, is that he introduced me to recording…how it was done and what could be achieved. He was a Geek and when I look in the mirror, I realises, I’m more like him than I want to acknowledge…I wouldn’t be doing or have done the things I have without him…would have liked to have been there when he passed…don’t get me wrong…he had a…err…not so good side, but in all honesty…through the ages of 7-12…he made a big impression on me…thank you!

Going back to the Music though…I’d grown up with hearing traditional instruments, but fell in love with the Synthesizer…of course, I didn’t know what one of them was then, but the late 70’s, early 80’s Sci-Fi Films were full of them, but in terms of Music…There was only one person I wanted to be…Gary Numan.

I just couldn’t comprehend this sound I was hearing…it was like all the Space Films I’d watched, but it was put to Music…a loner…serious, intellectual…This is how it started for me!