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| Thank you for your interest in me & my music. |
| In reference to my family motto above, it’s really the music within that gives |
| light to the dark places one can go to in their lifetime. |
| I have been thankful in my life, so far, to have visited many wonderful places |
| in the world but there is nowhere else anywhere like the place that |
| music can take me. |
| My music for the most part is instrumental. The only words you will find on |
| my CD’s are in the title of each song which acts as a starting point, |
| a hint of where I have been and where the music is going. The rest is up |
| to you, the listener, to let the title of each piece of music start you off on a |
| journey and help you explore your own inner thoughts, memories and dreams |
| by letting the music take you to places that only you can go. |
| I hope you enjoy listening to my music as much as I enjoy writing, recording |
| and producing it and then sitting back after I complete it just listening and |
| wondering how it started and got to the end. Truly a unique journey! |
| Again, Thanks for allowing me to share it with you. |
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| Tim McGowan |
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| Tim McGowan was born and bred in Scotland. Brought into a world of music, |
| as it had always been in his family. His Grandmother was a concert pianist, |
| his Father also an accomplished musician, his Brothers also professional |
| musicians playing in bands in many different venues in Scotland. |
| His parents having a piano in their home exposed Tim to a world of music and |
| the main musical instrument which would remain a part of his life. |
| At the tender age of six Tim had written his first song, a couple more were to |
| follow over the next few years, but, art & design was pulling at his young |
| creative mind & so all through his school years he concentrated on just that. |
| For the first six years after leaving college he worked for various companies |
| using his graphic design skills. He uses these skills he learned to create |
| all his own cd covert art, and logos etc. He also creates artwork and logos |
| for various other musicians, and band projects and |
| you can view his artwork on the artwork portfolio page. |
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| During the time he was working in graphic design, he bought himself his first |
| synthesizer, & after several years of teaching himself to play he realized |
| that a career in music was truly in his heart. |
| He enrolled in a music course and studied the Rudiments and Theory of |
| music for 2 years. During this time he co-formed a seven piece rock band |
| called "Jeopardy". The next six years he found himself touring all over |
| Britain with his band & going into the studio to record their original brand |
| of melodic rock. Their first two songs simultaneously entered the U.K |
| demo charts at numbers ten and six, which had never been done before. |
| The band were now gathering attention from several record companies |
| but the band decided to take the independent route releasing |
| their own material and managing themselves. |
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| During the last two years of working with the band Tim had started training |
| in drama with a professional theatre company called "Borderline Theatre". |
| This was the start of yet another change in his musical path. |
| At the end of his training he was working as a freelance music & drama |
| workshop leader which saw him running workshops, for local authority |
| organizations, with large numbers of teenagers & young adults, teaching |
| them music & drama skills, & writing and producing theatre productions |
| that tackled and addressed the issues that were affecting the young |
| people in the community. |
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| These drama workshops, which also toured many schools in Scotland, |
| addressed the problems that the young students faced in their daily |
| lives, such as bullying. Many of the standard practices devised and |
| created in the "bullying" workshops to end the problem of bullying were, |
| and still are to this date, used in schools in Scotland. |
| He also acted as Musical Director for "Borderline Theatre", |
| & "The South Ayrshire Youth Theatre", & various others which involved |
| writing & performing the musical scores for many professional stage |
| productions directed by Donald Stewart including: |
| The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe |
| Alice in Wonderland |
| Bugsy Malone |
| Summertime Blues |
| (Summertine Blues was part of the national Lloyds Bank Theatre Challenge |
| Directed by John Murtagh - who played Lochlan, in the movie Braveheart) |
| Tam `O Shanter (based on poem by Scottish bard Robert Burns) |
| The Audition (Royal National Theatre actor Mike Hayward - one man show) |
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| He was commissioned to write many other scripts and scores for several local |
| government Social Work Departments, working with groups of young adults |
| with varying backgrounds, including "Another Supper" which was a short film, |
| written, directed, produced & filmed in Scotland by Tim. The film introduced |
| the life and works of Scottish poet Robert Burns to teenagers, & young |
| adults in the community that Burns lived, and addressed modern day issues |
| affecting the young people that lived in that community. |
| He went on to form his own theatre company "Weans` World" with |
| Donald Stewart, a business partner who had been the Community |
| Education Director at "Borderline Theatre" and also Coordinator and |
| Director of "The South Ayrshire Youth Theatre". |
| The next six years were taken up by touring with "Flat Broke", a showband |
| he formed in 1993, and also working as a session keyboard |
| player/programmer/arranger for many other bands including tributes to |
| Meatloaf and Whitesnake. |
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| Up to this point, and during the time period while involved with all the projects |
| listed above, Tim was also writing and recording his own brand of |
| contemporary instrumental music |
| To date, he has released 12 instrumental music cds, all of which |
| can be listened to, and purchased from this website. |
| He also designs, creates and produces all of his own CD cover art, |
| website artwork, and promotional music videos, which can be viewed |
| In the video section of this website |
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| Tim relocated to America 14 years ago, setting up home in Florida. |
| He is at present writing, and releasing more original instrumental tracks which |
| are currently being played on many terrestrial and internet radio stations |
| around the globe. Tracks from several of his CDs have entered many radio |
| station Top 10 track lists worldwide. |
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| His 12th instrumental CD release, "2012 - Prophets & Prophecies" |
| is available for download NOW!!! |
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| Tim was commissioned to write the "Fight Song" for the |
| University of North Florida, Ospreys Athletic Team. |
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| From one end of the musical scale to the other, he also |
| performed live in the U.S.A. with a popular melodic rock band called |
| Burning in December |
| The band released it's debut cd, entitled "No Way Out". |
| Tim once again put his graphic design skills to good use by |
| creating the artwork and logos, and also produced some |
| promotional videos for the band. They can be viewed HERE |
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| Tim is also the official keyboard player for |
| The Randall Hall Band |
| (Randall is a former guitarist for the Southern Rock Band "Lynyrd Skynyrd") |
| Tim also designed and created the RHB logo shown above |
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| Tim also plays live shows with the bands "5 Story", and "3 Story", |
| which are extensions of the Jacksonville, Florida acoustic duo "Story Tellers", |
| also featuring Steve Wheeler, formerly of The Danny Joe Brown Band |
| (Danny was the founder, and original vocalist, for the band "Molly Hatchet") |
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| Tim also designed and created the |
| "5 Story", and the "3 Story" band logos, shown above. |
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| Tim's roller coaster ride through life continues...What's next? |
| That's anyone's guess. But, one thing is for sure...as long as he can, |
| he will continue writing music, hoping it will bring love & light to the darkness. |
| Samples of Tim`s original instrumental music can be heard by going to |
| Tim`s Audio CD Page, or by clicking any of the scrolling cd covers below |
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