Performers

Alan, Alex G, Alex K, Ben, Bill M, BillMc, Bill V, Bob B, Brian, Chico, Chris, Chuck, Clem, Craig, Cynthia, Dave B, Dave L, Del, Diana, Eddie, Eileen, Ernie, Franco, Frank, Gary C, Gary D, Gary K, Gloria, Hal, Hammer, Hermann, James, James G, Janet, Jannie, Jerry, Joe F, Joseph H, Joe W, John P, John R, John V, Judy, Julio, Ken, Kieth, Lynn, Marcelo, Mark, Mike C, Mike M, Mike S, Neal, Patrica H, Patrica J, Patrick, Pauline, Peter, Richard H, Ron, Spike, Steve, Sunny, Susie, Ton, Torben, Vince, Warren

Volume 8 31 January 2010
All Of Me	I Feel Love
Five Foot Two Eyes Of Blue	Jazz Apache
Fourth Rendezvous	Just The Way You Are
House Of The Rising Sun	Move It
I'd Like To Make It With You	Saxy Guitars ©

Look in Spike's MIDI Index below to Download Additional MIDI files.

(Jan, 2006) - I live in a small village called Aultbea on the NW coast of Scotland UK. I'm a retired aircraft and mechanical engineer who spent 16 years in the Royal Air Force. That's where I acquired the name "Spike" due to a stupid haircut I once had. After the Air Force, I was an inspector in the nuclear industry from which I took early retirement 13 years ago.

Musical Background - A music teacher gave up trying to teach me to read music when I was 10 after my parents thought they were wasting their money, but at 14 I bought a guitar and taught myself to play it (after a fashion). At that time, I was in the same class at school as John Lennon and played guitar with him on a number of occasions but parents decided that qualifications were more important than this guitar playing. However after joining the RAF as an apprentice, I played the guitar in many groups which were abundant in the early 60's. This lasted until I was 33 when a smooth talking salesman sold me a Hammond Phoenix (it looked easy when he played it) and I then taught myself to play it (again after a fashion). Traded it in eventually for a Technics U90 as I seemed to be improving. Played a Hammond B300 and a Roland JX3P synth plus Roland drum machine in a few clubs in the NW of England as background music and backing artists which was somewhat restricted by not being able to read music.

After retiring and moving to Scotland from where the family originated, I bought the PSR2000 as the organ took up too much space. Music became my major pastime, especially since joining the various forums. I also have a Korg N5ex synth. My time is now divided between making decorative wrought iron and composing/playing music - the main influences being The Shadows / Jarre/Country and the 60's.