SESSION GUITARIST
I feel passionate about playing guitar with other musicians, having played with many different types of ensembles: rock/pop bands, functions bands, Swing and Jazz ensembles, orchestras; I have also played for several musical theatre shows. Displaying abilities in sightreading, improvisation, blending in with other people, and soloing popular riffs and solos.
- Big ensembles I have played in:
- ‘The Sleepy Lagoon Orchestra’ based in the West Sussex
- ‘Blu Smoke Functions Band’ associated with the university of Chichester
- ‘Symphonic Orchestra of the Chichester University Conservatoire’ and the ‘Chichester Symphony Orchestra’ in the concert ‘Space’ that took place on March 2025
- Musicals I have played in:
- The Lightning Thief (January 2025)
- Shrek (February 2025)
- Amelie (April 2025)
- Jekyll & Hyde (May 2025)
As mentioned, I am able to play in different genres, with a knowledge of the entire fretboard, all scales and chord (in all inversions and extensions), and techniques such as hammer-ons and pull-offs, strings bending, arpeggios, Van Halen’s two-handed tapping, etc.
In addition, I also know about guitar tone, being able to replicate particular guitar tones and styles.
Furthermore, I am experienced on playing electric guitar, steel string acoustic guitar and nylon string guitar.