I started writing songs with my best friend Russell Aylett when we were 18 years old. At 25 we had a Management deal and had toured with 80's pop favourites Brother Beyond as TARA 2. For one reason or another that was as close to real success as we ever got and our band dissolved a year later.

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In 2006 I decided to give music another go. I started working on some solo material with Russell agreeing to produce some of the songs but immediately scrapped the project following Russ’s untimely and shocking murder in April 2006. My best friend’s passing hit me hard and making music seemed insignificant for years after. In late 2010, after much persuasion, I reluctantly joined a covers band just as a hobby.

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2011 was in many ways the worst year of my life.

I separated from my then wife and becoming a part-time Dad to three children was an extremely painful adjustment. I threw myself into songwriting and persuaded some of the members of the covers band to start playing original songs. The guitarist and I started collaborating and ADPROJECT was born. The first three years were great — we recorded two albums and played a number of successful live shows. The final two years though were filled with frustrations, disappointments, and varying levels of commitment from the other members of the band. In March 2017 we played our final gig.

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During the summer of 2016, I had already started planning a solo project, keeping some of my song ideas separate from the band. I went into the studio and recorded a single We Have Come A Long Way. It was a revelation. Finally, I felt fulfilled and excited again by what I was doing. 2017 saw the release of two more solo singles and my first music video for the debut single. I was working harder at my writing than ever before and was also learning more and more about marketing and promotion. In 2018 I released my debut album London E12 and shot my second music video in Spain for my fourth single If This Is The End.

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In 2019 I played my first live shows as a solo artist and released my fifth and final single from London E12. Throughout 2019 I also continued recording tracks for album two as well as collaborating with more people than ever before and began mentoring others to market their music using my experience.

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In September 2019 I released the first track from my sophomore album H E A L E D and shot a short film for it called What You Didn’t Say. Shooting on location in Málaga, Spain was a truly memorable experience.

 

In January 2020 I had to reassess my goals as the standards I was setting myself required more and more funding. My second single from album two, BUT IT DOES, had cost more to produce than anything I had recorded before because I now knew exactly how I wanted to sound. To continue recording like that would mean a long delay in releasing the second album. Should I quit? Was this just a really expensive hobby? Lots of things crossed my mind, but I quickly knew I couldn’t give up — I love what I do too much. So I thought, let’s see how BUT IT DOES is received and then decide.

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Upon its release in January 2020 BUT IT DOES was streamed 10,000 times in under eight weeks — by far my most successful song to date. Shortly after that I was nominated for Best Solo Artist in the highly regarded Essex Panic Awards, cementing my decision to carry on.

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2021 saw the release of two more singles from my sophomore album H E A L E D, which was finally released in September, gaining a number of favourable reviews and more than 40,000 streams in its first four weeks.

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2022 was my most successful year to date, with the release of two singles — the second of which, BUTTERFLY, was voted Best Pop Song 2022 by readers of Indie Boulevard Magazine.

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2023 saw further growth with the release of two more singles. TAKE ME BACK, the third single from the project, spent three weeks at number one on the South Devon Sound radio request chart in September and earned a nomination for Song of the Year at the Orpheus Global Independent Music Awards 2023.

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2024 saw the release of the fourth single (Love Didn’t Hurt Me) IT WAS YOU, which also spent two weeks as the most requested song on the South Devon Sound radio chart in August and went on to WIN Song of the Year at the Orpheus Global Music Awards in November.

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2025 continued the momentum with the release of my single APART in May. The song marked a new chapter in my sound — merging emotional honesty with cinematic production. It was featured as Song of the Week by New Lease Music and received airplay and positive feedback from both UK and international independent radio.

Later in the year I began work on my third studio album NOTHING CHANGES IF NOTHING CHANGES, collaborating once again with producer Elliot Richardson at Highfield Studio in Essex. The album explores themes of resilience, connection, and self-reflection — capturing the spirit of my personal and creative journey so far.

Alongside recording, I was invited to join the Fresh On The Net moderation team, helping to support and spotlight emerging independent artists — something that feels like coming full circle after so many years pursuing my own musical path.