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PETE LOWE

Attending a small private music school in Canterbury,  clarinet tuition and music theory were substantially classical; composition and harmony also followed traditional musical structure which allowed him to earn while he learnt by copying arrangements for the BBC. The saxophone followed a more mainstream approach mainly covering rock and jazz music. This proved useful as due to a lack of money within the family Pete was able to fund his schooling by playing in anything that would pay him.

Pete noticed flute music starting to appear while playing baritone saxophone in Big Bands but as the flute was hardly audible over all that brass he was told by others in the band, “you simply keep your job by owning the flute and pretending to play it,” The addition of a microphone for the flute solos had Pete looking for additional paid work in order to pay for flute lessons.

Constantly on tour and working cruise ships meant that Pete was only able to explore his unaccompanied ideas in his spare time. The break came when he was booked to record with a rock band. The studio time was booked but the band never turned up. After an hour of drinking coffee with the engineer, it was decided to do something constructive and so equipment was fired up and for the first time Pete’s solo work was recorded. Three weeks later he was signing contracts for 16 original tracks with Warner Bros.

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