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Chris began playing at age 14 and started as
a professional musician at 16. He spent 4
years playing in various live bands, local
theatre shows including Little Shop of
Horrors, Bugsy Malone, and Josephs
Technicolor Dream Coat. He then decided he
wanted to polish his skills so auditioned
and won a position at the Academy of
Contemporary in Guilford, Surrey (www.acm.ac.uk).
Chris spent an intensive year at the
prestigious college under the expert
guidance of Guthrie Govan, Dave Kilminster,
Pete Callard and many other great teachers.
Whilst at the Academy Chris had the
opportunity to play along side Chad Smith of
the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, members of Alice
Cooper, Skunk Anansie, andAsia to name but a
few. At graduation Chris was awarded ‘Most
Outstanding Guitarist of the year’, selected
from over 2000 students. Since graduating
from the ACM Chris has been a busy session
and live player/singer. He’s had the
pleasure of performing at some great venues
from the London Astoria to the Millennium
Stadium in Cardiff alongside Shirley Bassey
and Michael Ballfor the 1999 Rugby World
Cup, to The Royal Albert Hall! Chris has
appeared on BBC TV, S4C, BBC Radio, and MTV
withband iPOP who regularly tour the Middle
East and Europe. When he isn’t busy touring
he can be found in the studio writing and
recording his own music.
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