Outside Mountain Studios - Montreux
From the moment I picked up my sister’s guitar at age eleven and wrote my first song, music became my world.
Inspired by bands like The Police, The Beatles, Chic and Rainbow, I quickly became fascinated not only with songwriting and performing, but also with the technical side of music — recording, engineering and production. After forming my first band as a teenager, I taught myself bass, drums and keyboards, and by fifteen I was already recording in studios and absorbing everything I could about sound engineering.
At eighteen, I formed the band 3D Echo with my best friend and landed my first professional studio job as a sound engineer to help fund our demo recordings. Over the next five years we wrote, performed and recorded relentlessly, eventually earning the opportunity to record an album at Mountain Studios - Queen’s legendary studio in Montreux - working alongside engineer Dominik Tarqua and Queen co-producer David Richards.
Halfway through those sessions, everything changed.
David Bowie arrived to begin work on what became The Buddha of Suburbia. After hearing us jam in the live room upstairs, he invited us to collaborate on parts of the soundtrack. Working alongside Bowie was an incredible experience and a masterclass in creativity and studio craft. The project brought new industry attention to our band and opened doors we had only dreamed about.
The following year we performed at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival alongside artists including Carlos Santana and James Brown, with our music receiving radio and television exposure across the UK and Europe. But as industry pressures and creative differences grew, the band eventually parted ways.
Back in the UK, I helped design and build what became one of the county’s leading recording studios - transforming an old cattle barn into The Cream Room Recording Studio. As resident engineer and producer for over fifteen years, I worked with hundreds of bands, solo artists and record labels, while also expanding into remixing, audiobook production, voice-over coaching and commercial music composition.
Since going freelance in 2012, I’ve continued producing artists from my home studio, mentoring young musicians, and composing music for clients worldwide.
Today, my focus is on composing for film and television, developing cinematic scores and building a dedicated music production company for screen projects.
Rob x
