I have always explained music as being my voice in a way.
You know, because of the whole thing, growing up unable to speak properly.
Music allowed me to speak to so many people around the world,
which I feel extremely grateful for that I am able to do that as a job.
It was 2016 I graduated here and that, in of itself was something
which I did not even believe I was able to achieve.
When I was 21 years old, I suffered a really serious hand injury,
I thought it would be a good idea to try teaching myself the piano.
I just wanted something to help my hand you know just to strengthen it up
It soon ended up an obsession with you know creating and playing music
I remember my teacher there at the college of Bishop Auckland
he asked me 'how do you visualise music?'
I explained it as lots of squares and shapes of all different colours,
that was what I explained to him.
He said 'come with me',
It completely blew my mind,
to actually see the things that I was visualising.
When I write music, I am completely on my own
I can spend anything from 8 to sometimes 12 hours in the studio a day.
(agressive cinematic music)
I was around halfway through 2018, I heard some trailer music online.
I ended up contacting the individual whose music it was
he explained how his music was used in the film trailer for Ben Hur.
I remember emailing him straight away
I said ’look, I am interested in this stuff how do you do it?’
(futuristic action music)
You know, what I really enjoy about trailer music is that
it is short, it is snappy, it is quick, it is suspenseful and it is dramatic.
It has all these like I know these ingredients that I really enjoy in creating music.
Being able to create short angry dramatic tracks is actually quite a good feeling to have.
Communicating with these industry professionals; everything started off as emails
and it then transitioned into Zoom calls
Then I said ‘actually no, I am actually going to travel over there myself’.
I remember standing on top of the tallest skyscraper in LA, looking out over Hollywood
I was like this is it, this is this is where I feel that I was meant to go.
I think if you start forgetting where it started, it will not feel satisfying;
getting home at half past 12, opening up your laptop
because you have got an idea and you want to create.
That is what the audience does not see, all that time and stuff
and that is absolutely everything.