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Before software,I made noise.

For most of the 2000s I did this for a living. Studio sessions, touring, radio, theatre pits and an amount of motorway that still makes me tired to think about.

I stopped playing professionally a long time ago. This is an archive, not an advert.

Simon playing a Yamaha kit on a dark stage in a trilby, lit through smoke, with keyboards and flight cases either side of him.
The job, more or less.

Credits

Who, where, and on what.

The short list, and the accurate one. Everything on it is either printed on something I still have or listed on the music site. Nothing has been added to make it longer.

Touring and live

Longest-running seat, and the supports that came with it.

  • Alex Cornish
  • Amy Macdonald
  • Morcheeba
  • Starsailor
  • Sandy Thom

Played and recorded with

  • FO8
  • Dark Chunk
  • Supernature
  • Linda Gail Lewis
  • Albert Lee
  • Owen Money
  • Melissa Totten
  • The Quantum Project

Radio

Live sessions and interviews.

  • BBC Radio 1
  • BBC Radio 2
  • BBC Radio Scotland
  • BBC Radio Wales
  • Real Radio

Theatre and cabaret

Drums and percussion, mostly from a pit.

  • Little Shop of Horrors
  • The Motowners
  • Peter Pan
  • Aladdin
  • Jack and the Beanstalk

Recordings

Fourteen releases, seven of which still have their sleeve.

Artwork is missing where the only copy anyone still has is a 75 pixel thumbnail. A blank square is more honest than a blurry one.

Everything, in order

  • 2015Live · Alex CornishAlbum · Bellevue Records
  • 2011No Shore · Alex CornishAlbum · Bellevue Records
  • 2011The Big C · Various ArtistsSoundtrack · Epic Records
  • 2010Call Back · Alex CornishAlbum · Bellevue Records
  • 2010Once More I'm Put to the Test · Alex CornishSingle · Bellevue Records
  • 2009Until the Traffic Stops · Alex CornishAlbum · Bellevue Records
  • 2009Scotland the Brave · Alex CornishSingle · Bellevue Records
  • 2009Untied · Alex CornishSingle · Bellevue Records
  • 2009My Word What a Mess · Alex CornishSingle · Bellevue Records
  • 2005The Multi-Speed Stimulator · Dark ChunkAlbum · DC Records
  • 2004To the Dogs · FO8Album · Tiger Bay
  • 2003Spread Your Love Around · SupernatureEP · Independent
  • 2003Girls Night Out · Chloe Cook ft. Linda Gail LewisSingle · DA Records
  • 2003Gather Round · Audio CalmSingle · Strongbox

The passes, programmes and newspaper cuttings are all on the music site. simonberriman.com