"There can be nothing exclusive about substantial art. It comes directly out of the heart of the experience of life and thinking about life and living life." - Charles Ives.Recent Work: Substack - Media Lecturer - EFL Abridged History: Corporate clients include BBC Radio, EMI, Sony Music UK, BMG, Polygram International Publishing (now part of Universal), the Arts Council of England, Health Education Authority, and a few dozen ad agencies small, medium and large. Artists include John Cleese, Vince Clarke, Kraftwerk, Orbital, Supergrass, Momentary Fusion (aerial performers), Neil Conti, Michele Drees (drummers). Consultancies include Tiger Aspect, Channel 4, PRS-MCPS. Third sector organisations include Amnesty International, Greenpeace, Menschen für Menschen, NSPCC, the Open Rights Group, and the South African township music charity Busk Aid.Achievements: BBC news - wallpapered trees on London's South Bank as part of the New Contemporaries Exhibition 1984 in a piece called Camouflaging Trees from Further Attack. Wrote award-winning blogs and produced great podcasts. Founded UK Podcasters Association and lobbied successfully to ensure podcasting is open to all and remains free from regulation. Worked to establish affordable online music licensing across media industries. I like audiences, my favourites being reaching 25 million people in 48 hours for the TV launch of Res Rocket Surfer, the world's first internet band, streaming the Notting Hill Carnival rap stage, and getting John Cleese's remarks on Sarah Palin seen and heard by over 2m people just before Obama was elected in 2008.
Listed skills include Blogging, Video, Video Production, Social Media, and 46 others.
