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In 2002, after 15 years of dedicated musical activity and self taught development, Nick Livesey left the studio and put down his instruments.

It was at this time he discovered a new and all consuming passion, the upland areas of the British Isles. He quickly went from hillwalking to rock climbing and winter mountaineering, later becoming an award winning landscape photographer and author of the book ‘Photographing the Snowdonia Mountains’ pb fotoVUE.

In 2013 he moved to the village of Capel Curig in the heart of Snowdonia National Park and gained the Mountain Leader qualification.

During the lockdowns of 2020, Nick picked up the guitar for the first time in over a decade and, slowly, his old passion for composing music was rekindled.

From his remote cottage studio, Nick, inspired by the remarkable landscapes of Snowdonia, began a project entitled ‘Welshlands’, a series of short pieces -full of pathos and unashamedly romantic- which evoke the beauty of his adopted home.

Moving into 2025, Nick has begun a new project re-recording songs from his back catalogue, of which many were written up to 35 years ago when he was in his teens.

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