Is your music missing that Live Sound? Many composers will
find that however good programming and loops can be, when it
comes to getting a track to sound right you need a tight
rhythm section to set the steady foundations to your music.
Red Forest music have competent, versatile session players
with lots of Recording and Live experience that can give
your music that much needed Live Sound. Crucially, all
players listed work well playing to a click track/metronome.
Session Drummer
Kieran Bailey
Notable Artists/Projects: Rhydian Roberts (X Factor), Mal
Pope, Progressive Rock Band Magenta (see www.magenta-web.com) and
Celtic Group Mabon, Function Band “Face Value.”
TV Shows: Can I Gymru, Nodyn, Rhydian, Dechrau Canu Dechrau
Canmol for S4C.
Training: Grade 8 Drums, Grade 8 Classical Piano, Grade 8 Music
Theory. Studied Sight Reading, Drum Concepts and Technique at
London’s DrumTech.
Equipment: DW Drums, Pearl Masters Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, DW
Hardware and Pedals, Vic Firth Sticks, Roc n Soc Throne, Senheiser
and Shure Drum Mics.
Other Skills: Kieran is a great player and sight reader able to
notate his own drum parts making sessions easier and more
importantly faster so you don’t run over time in the studio. He has
played for many Musical Theatre productions and Function/Original
Bands, has a large repertoire of songs and also the ability to learn
new songs quickly. Ideal if your band’s drummer can’t make a gig at
short notice.
Soundcheck at
FMPM Festival, Montreal
Kieran playing on S4C productions:
Kieran With
Rhydian
Session Bass
Player
Matt Downer
Notable Artists/Projects: Celtic Group Mabon, Function Band “Face
Value.”
TV Shows: Uned 5.
Training: After first gaining experience as a Brass player Matt
trained at the Royal Welsh College Of Music and Drama and holds a
BMus in Jazz.
Equipment: 5 String Music Man Electric Bass and Acoustic Double
Bass.
Other Skills: Matt is a very versatile player of both Electric and
Acoustic Double Bass. He is also a good sight reader and has
excellent listening skills allowing him to excel at short notice in
Live and Recording situations.
Red Forest Rhythm Section
Kieran and Matt have played together all around the UK and Europe
over the last 3 years and have henceforth become solid rhythm
section which each anticipating where the other is going with a
groove, solo or accented hit. These two great players working as one
provides the steady foundations needed for the music to build on.
Session
Keyboards
Colin Edwards
Notable Artists/Projects: Magenta, Ezra, Fleetwood Man (Fleetwood
Mac Tribute).
TV and Radio: Just Up Your Street (BBC programme), Felix (German
Cartoon Series), Young Dracula (CBBC Series), Castle Bingo TV
advert, Welsh Tourist Board and Leekes Store plus many more.
Training: Colin has been playing keyboards from a young age starting
on Classical and later specialising in Jazz and Composition. His
wealth of experience is too numerous to mention and means he knows
exactly what is called for on any individual piece of music.
Equipment: Colin uses Yamaha Keyboards Live and in the Studio.
Other Skills: Colin is quite a multi instrumentalist and also
sessions on Guitar and Bass, both of which he teaches privately.
Colin Edwards
We are also in touch with trained players of various Brass,
Stringed, Woodwind and Percussion Instruments and Vocalists who are
available for session work.
