Home Turf:
South Africa; currently based in Los Angeles
Education:
I am self-taught. No formal composition study at all.
Instruments:
Piano and keyboards are my main instruments and I use guitars and custom-made string instruments a lot, but I have been known to play whatever is lying around (rulers, jars, rolls of tape) literally.
Musical Influences:
John Williams, Dave Grusin, John Powell, John Barry, Alberto Iglesias, Ennio Morricone to name only a very few.
What is the best thing you've ever splurged on?
A trip back home to South Africa after lockdown
What's the dumbest way you've injured yourself?
Testing a soldering iron with my fingers
What about you sounds made up but is true?
I've performed for queens (Queen Elizabeth II) and presidents (Nelson Mandela)
What's the least useful skill you possess?
I can empty a full bottle in 2 seconds