I  am 66  years  old  and  been  playing  music  off  and  on  all  my  life ,
 Starting  out  in  folk  clubs. In  the  60s   going to Les Cousins  in  Waldor St  and  a club called  Bunnjis, 
When  my  friend  found  a mouth-organ on  the  beach  i  learned  to play it   and  we  formed  a Blues  Band   
 MY  ideal  was  Sonny Boy  Willemson,  Browny  Mcgee
  and Sonny Terry.
That  led  to  joining rock bands  and  singing  round  pubs .  Bands  kept  splitting so i  decided to
    Sing some  Opera,  and  Art songs   [poetry  set  to  music with  just a piano]   I  turned  out  not  to  be  a bad  1st  Tenor  giving song  recitals.  I  have sang        G & S  with  a  orchestra  as a solo  artist  and  in  the  corals.   I  spent 3 years  singing  in  old time  
    Music halls [wanted to try barber-shop]  Left  that  and went into a punk  band.  After  the  punk  band  I  was  in a Duo  singing  and playing Cole Porter Songs   and  popular songs from the 20s to 60s  on  the   guitar  with a friend,  Loved  it
 Now  i am writing  and  playing my  own songs I  am  on Soundcloud   I  am  Dyslexic
But  good  with  music  I  worked  as  a  builder  for  30  years Am  now  going to take music a bit  more  sere-as   and  will play  the  folk  festivals  touring  in  a camper van.  Music  should  be  explored like a country  that  is  how  i  enjoy  it   


Jack Arnold is an award-winning film and television score compose. Recently, he scored "Lewis Capaldi: How I'm Feeling Now for Netflix; MD'd and scored feature film "Wild Rose" for Fable Pictures (winning the: 2019 BIFA for Best Music) ; "Loaded" for C4/AMC; "The Level" for ITV1 and "Striking Out" for RTÉ.
He was nominated for an RTS award for his score for "Holy Flying Circus" for BBC4; other recent work include films "War Book" (Sixteen Films), "Albatross" (CinemaNX), "This Is England '86" for C4, "The Scouting Book for Boys", directed by Tom Harper; "The Beckoning Silence" for C4. He also contributed music for 2015s "The Woman In Black: Angel of Death" (Hammer).  "War and Peace" (BBC) as music consultant, arranger and composer of the in-picture music.

Singer of traditional English folk song both old and new.

Nick Burbridge is an Anglo-Irish writer and musician based in Brighton, England and married with three children. He has been active for over twenty-five years as a poet, playwright, novelist, documentary, short story and song writer. His writing is characterised by a commitment to the dispossessed, undertaken without profit, and in relative obscurity.
 

His short stories and poems have appeared in literary journals, and on BBC Radio, and he has had three poetry collections published. A non-fiction work, with ex-military intelligence officer Fred Holroyd, War Without Honour, was launched at the House Of Commons and caused significant political disquiet, while his novel Operation Emerald, under the pseudonym Dominic McCartan, also proved controversial.
 
In 1986, as singer-songwriter, he co-founded McDermott's Two Hours (see their myspace page), a band that 'cut the mustard' (Q Magazine), and earned a reputation as one of the best live acts of its genre.Their album The Enemy Within (Hag CD2) has become a folk-rock classic. One track, 'Dirty Davey' was covered by The Levellers on their eponymous album. Later collaborations between the two bands produced four albums of Nick's songs: World Turned Upside Down, Claws And Wings, Disorder and Goodbye To The Madhouse; also a unique recording of poetry, music and effects, All Kinds Of Disorder.
 
Nick is writer-in-residence with Tommy McDermott's Theatre (founded 1989), a Brighton-based company dedicated to producing politically informed and dramatically inventive work, which draws on a wide range of local resources. It has collaborated with the Soho Theatre Company, The Common Sense, and youth and college drama groups in the area. TMT has been responsible for several successful Brighton Festival productions, outreach work and community projects. Nick's work has also featured regularly on BBC Radio 4.
 
For all his tireless creativity, Nick has for years been an outspoken sufferer from endogenous depression, and this has been a major factor in both his narrative concerns, and limitations in realising his work. Poetry, songs and short plays of critically acclaimed calibre are still produced at regular intervals.
 
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