I come from a musical family. My parents had a band and a music shop and I was playing guitar in public from the age of twelve onwards. At the age of seventeen, a Stratocaster was way out of my reach, so I made one and joined a rock ’n’ roll band.
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During the 1970s, I became fascinated by synthesizers. Again, I couldn’t afford a Moog, so I made one and, inspired by Walter/Wendy Carlos, set about recording ‘abstract’ music on a multi-track tape machine.
It wasn’t until the lated 1990s that I joined a band again. I was privileged to play with a bunch of very talented musicians that went under the name of ‘The Wandle Delta Blues Band’ in London.
I now have a web page for my current musical exploits – dobrojoe.co.uk and the band I am in The Mary Parry Trio.
Here are a few widely different styles, blues and one abstract.
This was an instrumental composition by the band's lead guitarist, Ken Morton.
I played rhythm guitar and over-dubbed the Hammond organ a few days afterwards.
Jupiter's second largest moon features in one of my short stories.
This soundscape in presented within a rather tongue-in-cheek animation created in Final Cut Pro.
This steamy soundscape was created with Moog and Roland synthesisers triggered from custom-made random event modules. Originally recorded in 5.1 surround sound.