Andy Whitmore

Andy Whitmore is a British keyboard player and record producer from London, UK. He works from his own studio Greystoke studios in Ealing, West London. Whitmore has produced 14 UK top-ten hits including "Flava" by Peter Andre and "I've Got A Little Something For You" by MN8. He also produced the 2000 album Love Science 101 by Phoenix j.

Whitmore started his career as a session musician, playing keyboard with soul band Caleche touring UK, Germany & Norway before applying for the job as keyboard player for Spandau Ballet. He later toured and played on Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby - before working on sessions for artists including Elton John, Fine Young Cannibals, Soul II Soul, Pet Shop Boys, Cathy Dennis, Eternal and many, many more. He also has an extensive catalogue of music placed in TV and advertising syncs.

Andy has been playing keyboards at Pizza Express - Dean Street Central London for 3 years with Paul Brown, Jessie J, Mindi Abair, Euge Groove, Marc Antoine, Brian Culbertson, Eric Darius, Jeff Golub, Peter White, Richard Elliot & Ricci Braun & Tony Mason. His production career continued with Samar, Romi, Aleka, Kya, Alexander O'Neal, Sparz & Spiro in 2010 / 2011. He is doing TV / Film & library music & signed a deal with Accorda Music to distribute his songs worldwide, along with a 2010 deal with Boosey & Hawks for UK distribution. Richard Hammonds BBC1 Engineering Connections - Burj Al Arab - series 3 featured 2 of Andy Whitmore's recordings - Arabesque & Shah's Bazaar.

Greystoke Studio (opened 1991) is the resident studio of Whitmore. As of 2013^[update] it had 192 kHz digital recording, a large selection of vintage and boutique outboard studio equipment, and the largest working vintage keyboard and synthesiser collection in the UK. The studio has a minimoog to produce lead and bass sounds, and an AKS Synthi VCS3 analogue synthesiser as used by Pink Floyd. The studio recorded Alexander O'Neal's 2010 "5 questions—the new journey" album produced by Billy Osborne and Andy Whitmore, and engineered by Gareth Matthews.

...
Wikipedia