Pete discovered that he loved music at a very early age as he got mums pans out of the cupboard place them like a drum kit and rattled away with 2 forks as sticks, Peter's grandma passed away when he was four and she left him an upright piano which his father had bought for her which came back to the house so he started tinkling about by ear, and in a matter of a week could play his first tune which was in a yellow submarine by the Beatles, when his father saw this he quickly reacted and sent pete to private tuition to Dr Frank Travis and then various other music teachers such as Adrian reed.
Pete, however, kept insisting that he wanted to play the drums and very often would go to his uncles house where there was a drum kit, as his uncles were guitarists and bass guitarists in various bands around the 60s. He kept on going to piano lessons and studied till he was 16. His piano teacher wanted pete to become a concert pianist but Pete had a great love of jazz and funk music instead.
He started out his professional music career in his first band playing rock and roll in various pubs and clubs and ended up playing for Jazz Amiga formerly known as juvenile jazz, and played various styles which included Latin and as pete is half Italian took to it very easily, the band did lots of high profile gigs and functions throughout the country such as Buckingham Palace for Prince Edward, the natural history museum for conservative dinner ball, film premieres and opening events such as Pepsi Max joy ride In Blackpool with Bad Boys Inc, the London philharmonic orchestra and other artists.
Pete was also a keen dancer and hit the northern soul trail often going to Wigan Casino all nighter where he would have to put pillows under his blankets and tried to sneak in and out without his parents noticing as his passion for music was so strong. He ended up winning a place for the British finals in 1980 disco dancing championship but was too ill to go, then in 1992 he decided that he wanted to pursue a career in the record industry as he felt he had the ability to write and wanted to learn production skills. So he teamed up with Steven Wood who had a studio by that time but didn't have the musical skills that Pete had.
Together they made their début tune called "Feel the Spirit" which hit the likes of Graham Parks show on kiss 102. He was then invited to Pete Waterman's studio to do other tracks from the A and R rep at the time who was John Barrat and Jonny Jay.
Later on he set his own studio in the progress centre Ardwick Green with the help of Bridgette Doyle and other professional advisors and has been producing bands artists and music for TV. For Men and Motors he produced the Rock fillers for a documentary about being a pop star. He also did music for "Those were the Days" for Granada which went on for 8 weeks. Recently Pete worked on a Woolworths advert and the Playstation 2 games Looney tunes and Race 2004.
For over a decade now having helped everybody else has decided to concentrate on himself, writing, producing and even singing his own music. Pete has not stopped performing and has played jazz for celebrities such as Beverly Callard (Coronation Street) Bernard Manning (comedian) Mike Sweeney (Century Radio DJ) and lots of other corperate functions.
Pete played in George Square in Glasgow in front of 30,000 people on the millennium night supporting human league in a band called Gallerra (Brazilian Latin). He also has been a keen DJ and not only has he been a DJ for club nights but promoted them as well, as he used this opportunity to see what the reaction would be to his dance tracks and live acts. He hopes to be out with his new EP and perform it live next year writing, producing, playing and singing them with a team of people who are very well respected in the business.
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History Of Pete
Pete discovered that he loved music at a very early age as he got mums pans out of the cupboard place them like a drum kit and rattled away with 2 forks as sticks, Peter's grandma passed away when he was four and she left him an upright piano which his father had bought for her which came back to the house so he started tinkling about by ear, and in a matter of a week could play his first tune which was in a yellow submarine by the Beatles, when his father saw this he quickly reacted and sent pete to private tuition to Dr Frank Travis and then various other music teachers such as Adrian reed.
Pete, however, kept insisting that he wanted to play the drums and very often would go to his uncles house where there was a drum kit, as his uncles were guitarists and bass guitarists in various bands around the 60s. He kept on going to piano lessons and studied till he was 16. His piano teacher wanted pete to become a concert pianist but Pete had a great love of jazz and funk music instead.
He started out his professional music career in his first band playing rock and roll in various pubs and clubs and ended up playing for Jazz Amiga formerly known as juvenile jazz, and played various styles which included Latin and as pete is half Italian took to it very easily, the band did lots of high profile gigs and functions throughout the country such as Buckingham Palace for Prince Edward, the natural history museum for conservative dinner ball, film premieres and opening events such as Pepsi Max joy ride In Blackpool with Bad Boys Inc, the London philharmonic orchestra and other artists.
Pete was also a keen dancer and hit the northern soul trail often going to Wigan Casino all nighter where he would have to put pillows under his blankets and tried to sneak in and out without his parents noticing as his passion for music was so strong. He ended up winning a place for the British finals in 1980 disco dancing championship but was too ill to go, then in 1992 he decided that he wanted to pursue a career in the record industry as he felt he had the ability to write and wanted to learn production skills. So he teamed up with Steven Wood who had a studio by that time but didn't have the musical skills that Pete had.
Together they made their début tune called "Feel the Spirit" which hit the likes of Graham Parks show on kiss 102. He was then invited to Pete Waterman's studio to do other tracks from the A and R rep at the time who was John Barrat and Jonny Jay.
Later on he set his own studio in the progress centre Ardwick Green with the help of Bridgette Doyle and other professional advisors and has been producing bands artists and music for TV. For Men and Motors he produced the Rock fillers for a documentary about being a pop star. He also did music for "Those were the Days" for Granada which went on for 8 weeks. Recently Pete worked on a Woolworths advert and the Playstation 2 games Looney tunes and Race 2004.
For over a decade now having helped everybody else has decided to concentrate on himself, writing, producing and even singing his own music. Pete has not stopped performing and has played jazz for celebrities such as Beverly Callard (Coronation Street) Bernard Manning (comedian) Mike Sweeney (Century Radio DJ) and lots of other corperate functions.
Pete played in George Square in Glasgow in front of 30,000 people on the millennium night supporting human league in a band called Gallerra (Brazilian Latin). He also has been a keen DJ and not only has he been a DJ for club nights but promoted them as well, as he used this opportunity to see what the reaction would be to his dance tracks and live acts. He hopes to be out with his new EP and perform it live next year writing, producing, playing and singing them with a team of people who are very well respected in the business.
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