Someone once asked me "What do you do?" After some thought I replied "I do what I am asked to do, I do what Noel does!" I write songs, arrange gigs, play guitar and bass, entertain the old folk at church, write scripts, whatever people ask me to do! My main ministry is as an agent now and also a promoter.
I have been involved with music since I was about 7, I started singing at my local Church in the choir and playing violin getting to the heady hieghts of grade 4! I also played percussion and sadly didn't keep up with learning the piano. At the age of about 13 I wanted to be in a band and I borrowed a friends left-hand guitar and learned a few chords, albeit the wrong way round for a right-hander! I first played in a band (Fathom) at the age of about 18, I had given up with six strings and moved back to four, this time bass guitar. After many years in Fathom we changed our name and direction slightly and formed In Full Colour. I played bass for a few years and our final gig was Bradford Cathedral. I also got involved in musicals, I helped put a performance of Young Messiah together with a band, orchestra and Choir. I have always written songs and when I got to grips with the technology that exists these days I started writing songs and instrumentals on the computer. As there were no convincing guitar sounds available I reverted to my classical music upbringing and combined what I liked with what I could do. I also write scripts and have two short novels completed. I have recorded three CDs, Strange Days, Awaiting The Arrival and Gifts For The King. Three very different sides of what I do! Awaiting was my first step into recording and is a mixture of orchestral based instrumentals and songs, Gifts is mainly Christmas songs to go with the nativity plays I have written and Strange Days is a musical based on the life of Jesus and the reactions of the people around him. Have a listen to the songs and the message they bring.