About the age of 8 I was told by my parents that I would be going to learn the piano. This lasted for about 6 years with all the eistedfodds, practice etc.(I did'nt think it was much fun at the time). When I started work (15)I was asked to play piano in an old-time dance band, piano / sax / drums(Saturday Nights). This I did for quite a number of years as well as in the meantime playing Bass Guitar(Ibanez Re-conditioned) in our country /rock pub band, lead/bass/organ/drums( Friday Nights). At this point in time my parents bought a Hammond T organ & at this stage my brother joined me playing both sax & organ (Farfisa).

Moving from the old-time dance scene I formed a band that would handle weddings, cabarets, old-time dances, & in this set up I played piano & bass guitar(Fender Jazz), & vocals. This band lasted for about 5 or 6 years. In the latter stages my girlfriend (now wife) joined us as a singer. Also during this period I formed a band to play for an old-time dance(Friday Night)with myself playing drums & my wife playing piano, my brother on sax. My wife has been taught both classical piano & singing for many years, also having participated in numerous eistedfodds. She has found it necessary to adapt her vocals to suit the numerous styles of music that we have played over the years down to our present dance band style.

When this band folded, a couple of years after we were married, my wife & I formed a duo specializing in weddings. During this period our equipment line up started with a "Technics SX 5500G" organ/"Hammond Auto-Vari 64" drum machine, traded in on a "Technics SX U90" organ, traded in on "Technics KN 800/Roland E30" keyboards. We operated this duo for about 12 years.

After a break of about 2 years, we were approached to start a band to play for New-Vogue / Sequence dancing which we did & continue to do, to this day (10 years). The equipment line up continues with :-

Myself - Technics KN 800 / Roland E 30
Wife - Vocals

Myself - Technics KN 2000 / Vocals
Wife - Vocals

Myself - Technics KN 3000 / Vocals
Wife - Vocals

Myself - Technics KN 3000 / Vocals
Wife - Yamaha PSR 640 / Vocals

Myself - Technics KN 5000 / Vocals
Wife - Technics KN 3000 / Vocals

Myself - Technics KN 7000 / Vocals
Wife - Technics KN 5000 / vocals

All of the above equipment has served us well over the years, & has been the most suitable for the style of music that we have been playing. We are both appreciative of having been given the opportunity to learn music(both having come from musical families) & to be able to provide entertainment to others as well as having made many friends along the way & most importantly have been able to do this as a husband / wife team.

Yours in Music

Alan