Born in Halifax and having moved countless times along the East coast, Gareth Bush has since found his element in London Ontario, where he has resided since 2003.

Growing up learning to play piano/trombone along with various choirs along the way, Gareth eventually found a much stronger interest in the acoustic guitar.  As each high school semester went by, simple strumming patterns quickly developed into original melodies and more complicated verses.  Surrounded by the friends and family of the school's music department, inspiration wasn't hard to find.

Gareth's first original recording was a song called 'Grow', recorded by classmate and now professional audio engineer Alastair Sims.  At 16, it was a raw, underdeveloped effort. It was also a sign of things to come.  After a few more unrelated recordings put out on MySpace, music production came to a long-term halt due to a lack of recording resources.  Add on a nearly terminal case of writer's block, and the singer/songwriter approach was paused indefinitely.

Following high school graduation, Gareth took up street-performance more seriously as a way to practice publicly, build up repertoire, and of course, make some money.  After weekly appearances around the city's bar scene during obscenely late hours, his skills and song archives were much more polished.

At 20 as a directionless university student at Western, Gareth was messaged by Kenneth Nielson, a student at OIART (London's audio engineering institution) expressing interest in recording him for his school projects.  Before you know it, a successful working relationship was formed and the two teamed up on a number of acoustic recordings and studio productions.  Kenneth's hard work, generosity and available resources revived Gareth's songwriting aspirations.

Nielson and Bush worked together on a 5-track EP, called 'This Is For Keeps' which is currently being finalized.  

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