Having said that, I've been lucky to have the odd success along the way. In 1986 my school band made it to the finals of "song for health" (see opposite - I'm the one with dodgy socks on keyboards)

Soon after I won a music scholarship and the opportunity to write/perform for stage and choir.

Then at university my music was revolutionised with a small yamaha keyboard with built-in sequencer - now I could write pop!

With my new toy I recorded an album "Fractions", while for my studies I built a drum machine from a motorola 68000 processor, and programmed transputers to play MIDI (it never caught on).

Throughout the 90's I've been writing for stage and theatre, as well as producing spoken voice recordings, jingles and montages for use over the phone.

In 2001 I finally got round to entering "Song for Europe", and was astonished to get into the last 30 in the UK, so I'm hoping this year's entries will do better!

I'm also a member of the British Academy of Composers & Song Writers.

I hope you enjoy the files! - nik