I am an award winning musician and composer for film,TV, corporate and interactive media. I am a member of the music Writers committee of The Musicans Union and founder of the Guild Of Northern Media Composers.

MARTIN STEPHENSON has been one of the UK’s best-loved musicians for 30 years, his band The Daintees released 4 classic albums in the 80's and he has went on to release many more

New album Haunted Highway sees him reunited with The Daintees, the band he’s intermittently fronted through a string of albums - and hundreds of gigs - since his teens in the North East.

Always popular on the circuit, Stephenson’s “must see” live performances are an exuberant tour-de-force combining heart-in-your-mouth intimacy with playful humour and warm self-deprecation.

The Daintees’ critically acclaimed 1986 debut BOAT TO BOLIVIA opened up an always interesting story. It showcased Stephenson’s songwriting, poetic romanticism and spiritual depth – so marking him out as a soulful cream of the leftfield crop during the self-obsessed 1980s.

Never pandering to a particular scene, Stephenson’s lightness of touch on a varied mix of musical styles was immediately apparent. His path was destined to be a lifelong journey through the music he loved: folk, ragtime, jazz, rockabilly, show tunes, punk-pop and country.

CALIFORNIA STAR continues his tradition for eclectic roots songwriting, and is the perfect middle-age bookend on a discography now amounting to 40 albums.

 

HEAD OF LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT were an alt pop band from Teesside, North East England, active 2008 to 2022. Thank you for listening.

Watch it: https://youtu.be/GRJ8Sw1dVqo

Hello again! Back in 2013 I set up a Soundcloud page (Secret Carl- go check it out) to share some of the music I made in obscurity between 1986 and 2006. This is the very belated sister site to that particular vanity project, and, like last time, it features an eclectic cross section of my home grown "pop" along with a few notes about each band/project. I'm still involved in music (always) and my current band Head Of Light Entertainment have been an unhealthy obsession of mine since 2008 (also for your listening pleasure on here).  Hope there's a few tunes that pique your interest, quicken your heart, and stay in your head.  Thanks for listening. Carl x
SECRET CARL: https://soundcloud.com/carl-will-do
HEAD OF LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT: https://soundcloud.com/headoflightentertainment

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