Education
I grew up in Northamptonshire, UK and moved to London at age 22 in order to study Theology. I studied at King's College, London University and graduated in 2003. Whilst studying at University I began to teach guitar privately in order to earn some spending money. I then went part-time for my final two years of study, which enabled me to become a full-time music teacher before leaving University. I have been a full time music teacher since 2002. Click
here to see my online piano tutorials. I also completed a year foundation in Psychology at Birkbeck College, London University in 2010
Music Production
In 2003 I began working as a music producer, for a number of artists including
The Last Republic (who opened V-festival in 2009 and supported
Bon Jovi at the O2), and
Buck Brothers (now
Top Buzzer).
In 2004, I set up
The Rock & Pop Music School, a music teaching agency. The agency ran for three years and employed around 60 music teachers over this period.
In 2006 I set up Back2Forward records with Andy Duke and released
Buck Brothers first album 'Me'. Buck Brothers received massive exposure across the US on student radio, being aired on over 400 student stations and reaching number 9 in the FMQB chart (which measures airplay on specialty radio shows in the US).
Click
here for Phil's production website.
And click
here to check out Top Buzzer.
The new Live Life Satisfied website
In 2008, I set up the
Live Life Satisfied website. The website has achieved strong exposure on all four continents. In the same year, I began teaching guitar to a then 10 year old Callum Thomson. I became a close family friend and over the last 8 years the family has become a central part of my life. In 2012 I lived as a lodger with Serin (Callum's mum) and Callum for a year. It was during this time that Callum offered to develop a forum for
Live Life Satisfied, and I began to recognise Callum's remarkable talent for programming.
Despite the past success of
Live Life Satisfied, I have become increasingly disappointed with my capacity to remain connected with readers of the website. With this in mind, in 2015, I asked Callum to become a partner in
Live Life Satisfied, and build the new LLS platform, which you are currently visiting.
In 2013 I fell deeply in love with my current girlfriend Leigh. Leigh lives near the Epsom racecourse with her 12-year-old (as of 2015) son, also called Callum. Leigh is a professional artist, specialising in animal artwork, and you can view her work
here.
Hobbies & Interests
Throughout my life, I have been an avid reader and researcher. My current reading interests include evolution, genetics and primatology (the study of apes & monkeys). I particularly enjoy visiting
Monkey World in Dorset, England. In my spare time I also love investing stocks & shares and I am passionate about supporting ethical business practices.
