I worked for 6 weeks withe the Reavely Theatre School in Gateshead helping youngsters compose songs for their production of a musical called Titanic. I did a pre Easter visit to kick strart this. The Schools owner Sandra had a Great Uncle Albert who served on the Titanic and was one of those who perished. … Read more
I produced a CD with a group of young people from East Middlesbrough in Studio 64. Over a period of 4 weeks I had helped the group write a track that expressed their feelings about the place they were growing up in. II also produced a video featuring the song and this was shown along … Read more
This was originally a review at South Shields Customs House with music from the Steve Thompson Band, narration from Tom and back projected images. It has become a Kelly/Thompson “genre” of material and new songs are being added and new forms of delivery considered. Below is the live album available to listen for free and … Read more
Around 1996 I started teaching music composition part time at South Tyneside College. Here I met poet, playwright and local historian Tom Kelly. Tom had written many songs too and over the next 3 years or so we exchanged stories and anecdotes in the staff room. I told Tom of my early days in a … Read more
In 1999 I worked with Poet Tom Kelly on a CD called “Urban Grit”. We called the collaboration WMDJ. There is a WMDJ site at www.wmdj.org.uk and specific details of Urban Grit HERE This me working in my Studio at around the time of the WMDJ Urban Grit collection. There number of things you don’t … Read more