Maximum Tension evolved out of my desire to stop learning just cover versions of songs and posting videos of me playing along to them on YouTube. I thought it would be much more satisfying and challenging to write and play my own songs, hence Maximum Tension was born. Some of my early songs were recorded using ‘Band In A Box’ software to produce the bass, synthesizer and drum tracks. I simply played my guitar over this ‘backing track’, multi-layering some of my tracks into backing and lead. As time progressed I became more adventurous and purchased a Yamaha MOX-6 synthesizer despite the fact that I’d only ever attempted to play my old Casio keyboard occasionally in the previous 20 years. I then really fancied the idea of playing as many of the instruments on my compositions myself, so with that in mind I went out and bought a Fender Bass. It’s now only the drum tracks I don’t play and these are programmed by myself using various software tools.

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