After being inspired by guitarists such as Steve Hackett, Jan Akkerman and Steve Howe, Nick took up playing the Classical Guitar and after watching Christopher Nupen’s Documentary about the legendary Classical Guitarist Andres Segovia, he started to become more serious about the instrument.
Nick subsequently studied the Classical Guitar for 3 years with David Taplin at Huddersfield School of Music where he also became interested in the music of guitarists such as Ralph Towner and Bill Connors and started to write some music for the instrument. After playing in various bands in different musical genres Nick started to do many sessions for various companies and artists. By the mid 1990’s Nick decided that playing the solo Classical Guitar was to become the main focus of his musical activities.
Nick then recorded three highly acclaimed solo CDs of meditational music on the Classical Guitar for Kingsway Music and recorded an album of Lullabies for Classical Guitar for Dorling Kindersley. Becoming more involved in record production in the mid 1990’s, Nick also produced five Celtic music recordings. Nick also started to give many recitals of the Classical Guitar but writing music for the Guitar started to become his consuming passion out of which the CD ‘Cathedral of Dreams’ was born.
Nick has now written over 50 compositions for the Classical Guitar and currently divides his time between teaching guitar, performing solo recitals of music from the Classical repertoire mixed with his own compositions, and writing more music for the guitar. Recent recitals have included Sheffield Cathedral, Christchurch Oxford and the Theatre Royal Nottingham.