About
Kevin devotes his composition and performance time between being a solo fingerstyle acoustic guitarist and his duo The CelloTones (performing locally in Torbay and at international festivals) and composing production/library music for guitar, strings, piano and orchestra. Kevin has a recording/publishing contract with Universal Music for a guitar & piano collaborative album recorded with a European orchestra. Kevin’s music has been used by BBC (Panorama, Bring The Drama, Crime Files), ITV, Sky, CNBC and numerous other worldwide TV & Radio stations for TV programs such as drama’s, Masterchef and even the Grand Prix!
How did it all start? Well a soldier in the US armed forces returning home from a UK base asked a family friend if they knew someone who would appreciate having his 12 string guitar. That gift started a dream and a music career for Kevin spanning four decades.
Kevin lives in Torquay (Devon) from where he has toured as a solo guitarist and in various duo’s and bands.
Off stage, in 1994 Kevin established his own music instrument shop, recording studio and guitar college which evolved into the Academy of Music & Sound (AMS).
Kevin grew AMS to become one of the largest independent national networks of specialist popular music and music production colleges in the UK offering popular music degrees (including a BA Hons and Masters Degree) through a partnership with the London College of Music (University of West London).
Kevin developed and launched AMSonline which has now become the UK’s market leader for professional musicians from across the world fast-tracking onto an online music degree. In 2019, Kevin celebrated 25 years in music education with students across the UK putting on celebration gigs.
In 2022, Kevin sold his shares in AMS as the UK’s first music & education industry Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) to focus on his music composition and performances. Kevin is also the co-founder of Creative Music Hub CIC and the award winning Daylight Music Productions Ltd
Kevin has represented Creative Industries through his groundbreaking music education and creative apprenticeship programmes and was nominated by the Music Industries Association (MIA) for a Creative & Cultural Skills Music Skills Award in recognition of his work for a Music Instrument Retail Training & Apprenticeship Scheme (MIRTAS)
Kevin has been a columnist for ‘Acoustic Magazine’ publishing his original compositions and acoustic guitar transcriptions.
